a female given name

close friend, bosom buddy / crony, chum

a female given name

intention, aspiration, aim, ambition, will

a flower / Short for 生け花 (ikebana): flower arrangement / Short for 花札 (hanafuda): Japanese playing cards / the best days of one's life / the best thing / essence

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

crane

a female given name / a surname

a crane (large, long-legged and long-necked bird of the family Gruidae) / Short for 折鶴 (orizuru): a paper crane, the archetypical origami design / Short for 鶴嘴 (tsuruhashi): a pickaxe

(archaic, poetic) a crane (large, long-legged and long-necked bird of the family Gruidae)