a female given name / a surname

(archaic, familiar) Synonym of 少女 (shōjo, “a young girl or woman”)

棗: the jujube or Chinese date, Ziziphus jujuba

a female given name

(attach after a noun) stuffing, packing into a container / (attach after 連用形(れんようけい) (ren'yōkei, “stem of continuative form”) of a verb) continuing, keep doing for period of time

stuffing, packing / end (esp. the foot of a bridge) / (shogi, figuratively) endgame / Short for 煮詰め. sweet eel sauce / lowest-ranking guest at tea ceremony / tea master / (archaic) middle-aged women

(beauty) one's natural nails

鷹の爪: Gamblea innovans, a deciduous tree native to Japan; a kind of chili (Capsicum annuum) that is curved and slender; a kind of high-quality tea; alternate name for 爪草 (tsumekusa), the Japanese pearlwort or Sagina japonica

(typography) tight kerning / tracking / (architecture) tokyō intercolumnar supporting bracket

to scratch with the hand in a claw position