(shogi, chess) fork

namely

to seize the power of a country by winning a civil war / to become eminent (in one's area of expertise)

(idiomatic) to have one's attention attracted

(literally) to hold someone's hand (grasp someone's hand) / (idiomatic) to hold someone's hand (guide somebody)

bamboo cutter

"to take heat": to warm oneself up

chopsticks used for serving food

storeroom; space used for storage

The hiragana syllable ち (chi). Its equivalent in katakana is チ (chi). It is the seventeenth syllable in the gojūon order; its position is た行い段 (ta-gyō i-dan, “row ta, section i”).