even if one says

a ghost

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

ghost town

to see, to watch, to observe, to look at something / to look over, to examine, to judge / to take care of, to look after, to keep an eye on somebody

to say, to tell somebody / to call, to name, to give a name / to cry, to call, to make a noise (such as an animal)

disgraceful, shameful, indecent / shabby, unsightly

past tense and perfective aspect of 言う (iu, yū) [godan]