(phonology, orthography, grammar) the 5x10 table used for arranging all the 47 kana used for the 五十音 (literally “fifty sounds”), whose 列 (“columns”) are arranged by the vowels (/a/, /i/, /ɯ/, /e/, /o/) and 行 (“rows”) are arranged by the consonants (Ø, /k/, /s/, /t/, /n/, /h/, /m/, /j/, /ɾ/, /w/; voiced obstruents and /p/ are customarily not included because they were rarely distinguished in writing); columns are ranked by 段 (“grade”), with the vowel /a/ being the highest grade and the vowel /o/ being the lowest; the missing cells of the や行 (“ya-row”) and わ行 (“wa-row”) are filled with い/イ (i), え/エ (e) and う/ウ (u) taken from the あ行 (“a-row”), in order to represent classical grammatical inflection with modern text (or alternatively, artificially filled with rare kana such as 𛀆/𛄠 (yi), 𛀁/𛄡 (ye) and 𛄟/𛄢 (wu))

Synonym of 片仮名

後日: in the future, later, a later day, another day; after the occurrence of some event, etc / 期日: an expected or promised day

ワゴン: a wagon (US), a waggon (UK); a station wagon (US), an estate car (UK) / 和琴, 倭琴: (music) a six-stringed koto or zither used to perform kagura music, more common in ancient times

万劫: an extremely long period of time; eternity

孫の手: backscratcher

外語: foreign language; external language

内語: native language; internal language

擁護: protection / 用語: term / 養護: nursing / 洋語: Western language / 用後: after use

擁護: protect / 養護: nurse