a piece of research, a study, investigation

to research, to study

take along; lead; join; connect / (used as a suffix) party; company; group; set

(of paper) a ream / (poetry) a stanza; a verse

a group of people

(historical) the second-lowest of the 八色の姓 (Yakusa no Kabane, “eight hereditary titles promulgated by Emperor Tenmu”)

a star (luminous celestial body) / a star (concave polygon with regular, pointy protrusions and indentations, especially used as a symbol to rate quality) / (tarot) the Star / (loosely) a celestial body

one of the Twenty-Eight Mansions in the Chinese system of constellations / Short for シンガポール (Shingapōru): Singapore

(loosely, especially fiction) attached to names of planets

star, celestial body / star, celebrity / passing of time