fist / the shape of the hand when gripping a sword hilt / (by extension) swordsmanship, ability with a sword / the shape of the hand when gripping a bow / (by extension) bowmanship, ability with a bow

a small knot in wood; lumber or timber with small knots / a small piece of 鰹節 (katsuo-bushi, “hard-dried skipjack tuna”)

a warrior of ancient times / an old-school warrior (particularly emphasizing honor and steely resolve)

the Kobushi magnolia, Magnolia kobus

hard; to harden / to set; to solidify

硬い: keeping its physical shape or appearance under a force: stiff / 固い: keeping its shape or behaviour even under other influences: hard, firm

hard / tight / strong; firm / strict / inflexible

he / distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that / boyfriend

distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that, yon / particularly, male personal third person pronoun: he / by extension from he: boyfriend

he; boyfriend