(sometimes offensive) part of Japan adjacent to Sea of Japan

(Internet slang) secret personal account (on social media, especially Twitter and Instagram (finsta), as opposed to one's openly used account)

(music) syncopated beat, an accented part of a rhythm marked by syncopation

actual and hidden

Alternative spelling of 裏向き (“actual and hidden”)

the futokoro, the pocket-like space within the front of a kimono above the obi / the inside of the futokoro / the inside of one's heart or mind

underhanded dealings

underbelly of society

The hiragana syllable め (me). Its equivalent in katakana is メ (me). It is the thirty-fourth syllable in the gojūon order; its position is ま行え段 (ma-gyō e-dan, “row ma, section e”).

目, 眼: eye / 目: small hole, like those inherent to a net-like material (between the warp and the weft) / 目: short for 賽の目 (sai no me, “dice pip”). / 目: (by extension) experience