a zygomaticus major muscle

Alternative form of ダイカスト

(anatomy) vena cava

Mahayana; the great vehicle

a title of the abdicated Emperor of Japan

(literary) large boulder / solid foundation

yes or no; acceptance or declination; whether one consents or not

The handakuten, which indicates that a kana with an initial of h- should be pronounced with p- (i.e. ha with a handakuten is pronounced as pa). It is also sometimes used with k- kana to indicate ng- (a phoneme that is usually an allophone of /g/).

agreement, consent, assent

二胡: erhu