Short for 米刺 (komesashi): a small tool used to extract a sample of rice from a bag in order to test its quality

a thorn, prickle / the spine (needle-like structure) of a fish's dorsal fin / Short for 刺草 (irakusa): nettle / Short for 刺虫 (iramushi): the larva of the 刺蛾 (iraga, “Monema flavescens”), a species of moth

a thorn, prickle, needle / a calling card, name card

sharp / pointed / stab

(archaic, vulgar) second person pronoun: you

second person archaic pronoun: thou, you / distal pronoun equivalent to modern それ (sore) or その (sono): that / auxiliary character in 漢文 (kanbun) texts indicating state or condition

you, thou / this, that / only

(polite) first-person singular pronoun: I, me

a personal or private matter / (by extension) selfishness

a personal or private matter / selfishness / privacy, secrecy / (women's speech, obsolete) a brother-in-law