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

to startle; to surprise; to astonish

world / a metaphorical world (how one lives one's life) / society, the times / a realm, a circle, a sphere / (Buddhism) the four inner realms of 須弥山 (Shumisen) / (Buddhism) realm governed by a buddha

to come, to arrive

since..., in...

coming, arriving / coming, approaching, passing / from (some point in the) past to present / coming in time

a surname, especially of those descended from swordsmiths arriving from Goryeo around the mid-Kamakura period

(archaic, obsolete) to come (approach one’s position from a remote location, specifically towards the speaker)