a male given name

close friend, bosom buddy / crony, chum

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

govern, regulate, administer, reign / cure

a male given name

an order, command, decree / (historical) in ancient China, a regional governor or magistrate / (historical) in the early Meiji period, the forerunner of a 知事 (chiji, “prefectural governor”)

act, law, ordinance, rule / law, ordinance, regulation / (obsolete) admonition, teaching / honorific prefix added before a term of kinship to show respect to someone else's relative

a female given name

(law, historical) an administrative and civil code developed during the Qin dynasty that was, alongside the 律 (ritsu), spread throughout East Asia especially Japan where it was further revised into the 律令 (Ritsuryō) system

order, command, decree / law, ordinance, rule