Alternative spelling of 襅 (chihaya): a cloth or cord used to tie back the sleeves of a robe, primarily used by women to get the sleeves out of the way for work such as shrine ceremonies or kitchen work; a kind of ceremonial overcoat with a long white hem worn by the sweeper or branch-holder in certain Shintō ceremonies; a kind of sleeveless vest or waistcoat used in kabuki or 人形浄瑠璃 (ningyō jōruri, “puppet theater”)

Short for 千早の歌 (Chihaya-no-uta): a poem used as an insect repellent / a cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy (see Japanese cruiser Chihaya on Wikipedia.Wikipedia) / a place name / a surname

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

Synonym of ライオン (raion, “lion”) (big cat Panthera leo) / (by extension from the notion of lions being "kings") the Buddha, a Buddha / short for 獅子舞 (shishimai), a traditional Chinese lion dance

the name of the lion dance 囃子 (hayashi, “musical accompaniment”) in various noh and kabuki plays / the first piece of music played in a 伎楽 (gigaku) performance (more commonly spelled 師子)

仏壇: household Buddhist altar

念仏: Buddhist prayer

豚汁: pork miso soup