a free Japanese verb (自立語 (jiritsugo)) that can be grammaticalized by being attached to an inflectional form of another 用言 (yōgen, “inflected word”)

to use / to employ / to make use of, to apply / to spend

clear, definite, precise

precision, accuracy

help, aid / assistance

to help, to aid, to assist

意味: a meaning, a significance, the point / 異味: strange or different flavor

a meaning; a significance; a point / meaning; definition

to mean, signify, imply

(grammar) verb