Nounmainstay; nucleus; key

Nounfoundation; root; basis; core; fundamentals · root and trunk

Nounchief editor; managing editor · manager; person in charge

Nountrunk; stem; stalk · shaft (of an arrow) · handle

Nounstem (non-inflecting part of a word); word stem

Nounability

Nounhemp reed; hemp stalk

Nountrunk; shaft

Nounshaft of an arrow (usu. made of thin bamboo) · cornetfish

Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'body; trunk; torso; physique

Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'skeleton; structure; build

Nounbrain stem

Nounremnants of a bean plant; beanstalks and pods; bean husk

Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'trunk (of the body); soma

Nouncaudex (of a plant)

Nounstem (of a note)

Nounpenis; dick

NounScirpus yagara (species of club-rush)

Noundried taro stem

Nounstem (word)

Nouneditor-in-chief

NounGastrodia elata (species of saprophytic orchid)

Nounlower brainstem

Nounlymph duct; lymphatic duct

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)having food on the table is more important than having a high social standing; taro stems over family status