a prop or support (that supports from below or a side).

an obstacle; an impediment.

the extent to which something is extended.

a wooden or iron bar for preventing a closed door from being opened.

a kind of disease, characterised by swelling of the belly, caused by indigestion.

(rhet.) an interlude or introductory scene in which something which is supposed to have happened.

(astrol.) the first of the twenty-seven astronomical periods called Yōgas.