close friend, bosom buddy / crony, chum

the usual, ordinary

to help; to assist / to save; to rescue

conjunctive form of 助ける (tasukeru) [ichidan]

always, invariably, all the time / usually / (with a negative verb) never

will you marry me

(of feudal Japan) Clipping of 刑部省 (Gyōbushō, “Ministry of Justice”). / (history, government, of feudal China) the Ministry of Justice

Alternative spelling of 忍壁 (Osakabe, “Prince Osakabe”) / Clipping of 刑部狐 (Osakabegitsune).

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

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