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).

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

Alternative spelling of 子等 (“children”)

a surname

short sword / (archaeology) small knife; pocketknife / same as above

an adult son residing with his parents; generally has not yet or can not come into family inheritance / a female servant working in a daimyō, ōoku, or other high-ranking house

(physics) an exciton

a Japanese percussion instrument made from wooden slats

a female given name