a tree; more specifically, a living tree / the bent and gnarled trunk or roots of an old tree / wood, lumber / something made of wood / in ancient China, a wooden musical instrument

to use / to employ / to make use of, to apply / to spend

cutting, cutting off, severance

cut, cut off, sever

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

Alternative spelling of 木々

use one thing for many purposes / work someone hard

to use one's head