close friend, bosom buddy / crony, chum

white soil or earth / a weathered white rock, such as rhyolite, used for paints, cement mixtures, etc. / Short for 酸性白土 (sansei hakudo):

a surname

white soil or earth, such as chalk / kaolin or other clay used for pottery or ceramics / white lacquer

a surname

Same as しらつち (shiratsuchi) above

a surname

white soil used as a pigment

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

(polite) first-person singular pronoun: I, me