nothing, none (used with things)

masturbation (manual erotic stimulation of the genitals)

what sort of matter / unspecified matter

A 19th-20th century type of storytelling accompanied by a shamisen.

above all; more than anything else

bill of lading

everything

at all costs, whatever it takes

the poem traditionally attributed to Wani in the Kokin Wakashū kana preface:

The hiragana syllable め (me). Its equivalent in katakana is メ (me). It is the thirty-fourth syllable in the gojūon order; its position is ま行え段 (ma-gyō e-dan, “row ma, section e”).