a surname

a place name, such as that of Toyonaka City in Osaka Prefecture

world, society / life / times

middle, midway

a swordsmith

the present, as a privileged moment in eternity

a middleman, broker

late at night, the middle of the night / midnight

person who is inside a kigurumi costume / (by extension) person behind something / voice actor of a character

the truth being unknown due to conflicting accounts; a Rashomon-like situation