he, she, that person over there (third person singular) / he, she, that person both of us know (third person singular) / my husband, partner (of a female speaker)

to use / to employ / to make use of, to apply / to spend

matter of taste

(dated) a female given name / a surname

(dialect, Kagoshima) rice reaping

(transitive) to talk (about something); to speak (on a subject); to converse / to speak (a language)

Informal form of 話 (hanashi).

continuative of 話す

slush, mire, quagmire (liquid mud or mire)

many years, long time