close friend, bosom buddy / crony, chum

Bombax ceiba, a species of silk-cotton tree / cotton wool, as opposed to 真綿 (mawata, “silk wadding”)

a surname

cotton (fibre extracted from cotton seeds) / Short for 木綿糸 (momen ito): cotton thread / Short for 木綿織り (momen-ori): an object woven from cotton

a female given name / a surname

a female given name

cotton; string made from the fibers of a paper mulberry bark

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

a personal or private matter / selfishness / privacy, secrecy / (women's speech, obsolete) a brother-in-law

personal, private / secret