an orthographic technique utilizing Chinese characters in a way that maps character semantics to Japanese words to write Japanese words

a category of Japanese syllabary scripts: kana / a syllabogram, an individual character belonging to one of the syllabaries: kana / a temporary name, an alias

write; record (words, figures) on the surface of (something) / compose; put (an idea, etc) into words

conjunctive form of 書く

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

kun'yomi

skillful, dexterous

(rare) skill, dexterity / flattery (from being told how skillful one is, even if one isn't) / a person with the seventh dan in the games of shogi or go