字

number of characters; character count

omitted character; omitted letter

Latin alphabet; Roman alphabet

romaji; romanized Japanese; system of transliterating Japanese into the Latin alphabet

simplification of a kanji

small characters; small letters

childhood name

ancient script; ancient character; ancient alphabet

U-shape

two characters; name

As 川の字で寝る, 川の字になって寝る, etc.

(formation of) three people sleeping side by side (esp. a child between two parents); "river" character

literacy rate

Common noun; 卍 is used as a symbol for Buddhist temples on maps

swastika (esp. counterclockwise form as a Buddhist symbol); fylfot; gammadion

Common noun

swastika-shaped family crest

卍 only; Internet slang; Interjection; Usu. at the beginning or/and end of a sentence or word but also by itself; used for emphasis, etc.

wow; yeah; ugh; yuck; awesome; really; let's go

emoticon; smiley; kaomoji

wooden spoon; ladle; rice scoop

being greatly in the red; taking a big loss; heavy deficit

five characters; five letters

five-syllable verse of a waka, haiku, renga, etc.

first five syllables of a waka, haiku, renga, etc.

crosswise

T junction

conversion; converted character

Computing

corruption (of text, e.g. in email, due to improper encoding); garbling; illegal character; corrupted text; garbled text

runes

to bend over in the shape of the hiragana character ku; to bend forward from the waist to form a chevron shape

hieroglyph; hieroglyphic character

English letter; alphabetic character

cross fire