a surname

close friend, bosom buddy / crony, chum

(rare) Same as まな (mana) above

Synonym of 漢字 (kanji): Chinese characters used to write the Japanese language / (by extension) kanji written in the 楷書体 (kaisho-tai, “regular script”) style

古: the past; ancient times

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

private; mine

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

a personal or private matter / (by extension) selfishness

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