close friend, bosom buddy / crony, chum

祝く, 寿く: congratulate, wish well / 惚く, 呆く: be senile or mentally slow

北: (漢音; kan'on pronunciation)

ホック: hook / 発句: hokku, a type of poem

北東: northeast

comfortable and warm / steamy hot (of food); hot and flaky / feeling mentally tired; feeling of tired relief or accomplishment after effort or perseverance

(chiefly women's speech) first person singular pronoun: I, me

(polite) first-person singular pronoun: I, me

a personal or private matter / (by extension) selfishness

(formal) first-person singular pronoun: I, me