somebody, someone

(with negative verbs) no one, nobody / anyone, anybody

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 誰, が.

(archaic) Synonym of 誰が (dare ga, “who”, nominative)

(literary) Synonym of 誰の (dare no, “whose”)

who / someone

to say, to tell somebody / to call, to name, to give a name / to cry, to call, to make a noise (such as an animal)

past tense and perfective aspect of 言う (iu, yū) [godan]

nonetheless, although, be that as it may

in other words; what I (you, etc.) mean is