adverb (fukushi), adverb taking the 'to' particle, usually written using kana
1. sparsely; drop-by-dropadjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), usually written using kana
2. on par with; as good asnoun (common) (futsuumeishi), usually written using kana
3. (vertical) iteration mark used to represent repetition of the previous kanji (to be read using its kun'yomi)