even if one says

a disciple, an apprentice / (Buddhism) on a mala or Buddhist rosary, the ten small beads closest to the end of the portion that hangs free from the largest bead

an apprentice, a disciple

the youngest child / short for 弟子月 (otogo-zuki, “December” in the lunar calendar)

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

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)

(chiefly women's speech) first person singular pronoun: I, me

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