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| 1. n. the (Japanese mon (currency), mon), an old currency | |
| 2. n. a unit of length for measuring the size of one's foot (q-lite, from the way that the mon coins would be lined up and used as a kind of inch marker) | |
| 3. n. a character, a letter | |
| 4. n. writing, something written | |
| 5. n. a magical spell | |
| 6. n. (also spelled 紋) a design, a pattern | |
| 7. n. (also spelled 紋) a 家紋 | |
| 8. n. Usage: The design and crest senses are more often spelled 紋. | |
| 9. n. (grammar) a sentence | |
| 10. n. writing, composition | |
| 11. n. a design or pattern as decoration | |
| 12. n. literature, learning, scholarship | |
| 13. n. elegance, refinement (q-lite, especially of writing or wording) | |
| 14. n. a saying, an aphorism, a proverb | |
| 15. n. writing, something written | |
| 16. n. a letter (written communication), an epistle | |
| 17. n. a style of 家紋 | |
| 18. n. (also spelled 紋, 綾) | |
| 19. n. a pattern, a design, especially one with diagonally crossing lines | |
| 20. n. a diagonal crossing | |
| 21. n. a flowery expression or turn of phrase | |
| 22. n. a plot, a scheme | |
| 23. n. a refrain or recurring phrase in a piece of music | |
| 24. n. a harder vein or grain in a leaf or piece of wood or bamboo | |
| 25. n. a stain, a blemish | |
| 26. n. a mediator, a go-between (q-lite, apparently from the way that a go-between can make the relationship more indirect and indistinct) | |
| 27. n. a small indistinct fluctuation in a trend line | |
| 28. n. (also spelled 綾, 絢) | |
| 29. n. a kind of woven silk textile with a diagonally crossing pattern | |
| 30. n. short for 綾織: a twill weave; someone who weaves twill | |
| 31. n. short for 綾竹: in a loom, a bamboo pole placed between the heddle and the back beam or platen, used to improve the handling | |
| 32. n. short for 綾取り: cat's cradle | |
| 33. n. Usage: For the second group of senses, the 綾 spelling is more common. | |
