used in transcriptions of Western proper names, as a "space" (similar to a middle dot ・), a "hyphen" or an "en dash"; usually substituted by the more accessible fullwidth equal sign

wild onions or leeks

Indicates a pause.

Visual rendering of Morse code for ー (“long-vowel mark”).

Visual rendering of Morse code for ヒ.

(text messaging, Internet slang, dated) <3

The hiragana syllable べ (be) or the katakana syllable ベ (be) in Japanese braille.

mournful; dejected

(nonstandard, linguistics) The hiragana syllable れ゚ (le). Its equivalent in katakana is レ゚ (le).

The hiragana syllable え (e) or the katakana syllable エ (e) in Japanese braille.