| term | pronunciation | English |
|---|
| 要旨 | ようし | gist, essentials, summary, fundamentals |
| 叡旨 | えいし | the emperor's instructions |
| 旨 | むね | center (centre); purport, gist, drift, meaning |
| 旨がる | うまがる | to relish, to show a liking for |
| 旨く | うまく | skillfully, well, deliciously, aptly, cleverly |
| 旨くいく | うまくいく | to go smoothly, to turn out well, to do the trick, to have peaceful relations |
| 本旨 | ほんし | main object, principal object, true aim |
| 綸旨 | りんじ | the Emperor's command, private message from an emperor |
| 論旨 | ろんし | point of an argument, drift of an argument |
| 趣旨 | しゅし | object; meaning, point (e.g. of a statement) |