口

kanji "mouth" radical at left (radical 30)

Anatomy

palatine bone (of the skull)

spoken language; spoken words

language

small wooden door at the rear of a noh stage

small garden gate

rim of bowl or vessel

peristome

Slang; Jocular, humorous term; Glyphic approximation of エロ using Chinese characters

erotic; pornographic; obscene

host's entrance to a tea-ceremony room

keeping silent; silence

restraining (speech); gagging; muzzling

repeat mindlessly; speaking in a similar manner

oral phase; oral stage

door separating the inner castle from the outer castle (Edo period)

Anatomy

orbicularis oris muscle

cyclostomes (eel-like jawless fishes with round mouths used for sucking)

oral statement

prohibition of speaking; imposition of silence; tiny morsel

Linguistics

oral consonant (as opposed to nasal)

Buddhism

chanting the invocation to Amida Buddha

numerical aperture (in photography)

taste; flavor; flavour; deliciousness

lake inlet

(mouths of) many people

demography

heat vent; exhaust vent

low entrance (usually, but not always, to a teahouse) with a tiled archway overhead