a mixed script of kanji and katakana, or a use of such script, that was common in formal writing, before modern orthographic reforms which favored hiragana over katakana for grammatical elements such as particles and inflectional affixes

a person, human / an individual / mankind, people / character, personality / an average person / (law); an adult / someone (else)

one, 1

one, single / all / a bit / a certain time

(dated, rare) a place devoid of people

prison

a father-in-law

joke / jest / colloquial

(archaic, derogatory) a countrified or rustic person: a hick, a bumpkin

a starfish; a sea star