a destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II (see Japanese destroyer Akikaze on Wikipedia.Wikipedia) / a surname

(Japanese fiction) Matsukaze, the eponymous character of a play by Kan'ami Kiyotsugu

(biochemistry) casein

to protrude, to stick out / to stick into/pierce something / to deeply impress or influence someone's mind

straw bag, bale, sack

a surname

Yoshiwara, a historical red-light district on the outskirts of Edo

Alternative spelling of 童 (warashi, “child”) (person who has not yet reached adulthood)

Used at the end of a phrase to indicate that the audience is laughing. / Used at the end of a phrase to indicate that the speaker is laughing.

(archaic, women's speech, humble) I; me / (modern fiction, women's speech) I; me (used by haughty women of the highest classes of society)