(Chinese astrology) Rat, the first of the twelve Earthly Branches

north / the hours between 11:00 P.M./midnight and 1:00/2:00 A.M. / a day or year assigned to the Rat / the eleventh month of the lunar calendar / a place name

(dated, until the 19th century) variant katakana syllable ネ (ne).

(archaic, rare) Alternative spelling of 実 (mi): a fruit, nut, or seed (of a plant, tree, etc.); ingredients put in a soup; a content, substance

(honorific) A child; especially the addressee's child.

whore

Alternative spelling of 子等 (“children”)

a surname

state of emergency (governmental decree)

(medicine) avian flu, bird flu, avian influenza