(geography) east longitude

(mathematics) linear

(mathematics) being linear

horse racing

One of the types of Han characters, containing those characters comprising a part that indicates the meaning, and a part that indicates the pronunciation.

an octagon

Peking opera

liberal arts, humanities, social sciences, and fine arts

(grammar) a verbal inflectional category; the realis form as used in classical Japanese. Indicates that something is already the case, or is in the process of happening. The 已然形 has evolved into the 仮定形 (conditional form) now used in modern Japanese.

(idiomatic) a very beautiful woman (Compare the English term femme fatale.) / (idiomatic) courtesan