The hiragana syllable れ (re). Its equivalent in katakana is レ (re). It is the forty-second syllable in the gojūon order; its position is ら行え段 (ra-gyō e-dan, “row ra, section e”).

water truck, a vehicle designed to carry and spray water

巻頭: opening page of book; beginning of an essay; prefatory / 敢闘: fighting bravely / 完投: going the whole distance; pitching a whole game / 官等: official rank / 竿頭: top of a pole

force someone into a double or multiple suicide / commit murder-suicide