a name (word or phrase indicating a particular person, place, class, or thing) / (more specifically) a given name (excluding the surname)

(history) a syllabary with characters drawn from kanji, such as the 万葉仮名 (Man'yōgana), that is the precursor to hiragana and katakana

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

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

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

(formal) Female third-person singular pronoun; she, her, girlfriend

(colloquial) a girlfriend (a female partner in a romantic relationship)

conjunctive form of 書く

(literary) they (about women or girls)

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