Kyūjitai form of 片仮名: katakana

a surname

a low rank, subordinate

death; dead

death, to die / dead, unfunctional / life-or-death situation / dangerous, life-threatening / (baseball) out

a surname

hemp, cannabis

(shogi) knight

hello; here I am; I'm home (said by a person coming back home, a stock phrase required by Japanese etiquette)

pause, break