mud that is sent by swallows and used to build their nest.

garden and house

red lead

(Buddhism); a rank without shortage / a ranking of yen

(counseling) counselee / Alternative spelling of クライアント (kuraianto, “client”)

The hiragana syllable りょ (ryo). Its equivalent in katakana is リョ (ryo).

(text messaging slang) Short for 了解 (ryōkai, “understand”).

The hiragana syllable じょ (jo). Its equivalent in katakana is ジョ (jo).

Small combining form of hiragana よ (yo) used in 拗音 (yōon) morae that end in o, such as しょ (sho), ちょ (cho), and きょ (kyo). Historically not distinguished from full-size version.

接助: conjunctive particle; abbreviation of 接続助詞 / 切除: cut off, cut out, ablation