a prefecture in the 中部 (Chūbu) region of Japan facing the Sea of Japan; its capital city is also 新潟 (Niigata)

hometown, the place one comes from / the school from which one graduated / the group or organization from which one comes

Niigata (a prefecture of Japan) / Niigata (the capital city of Niigata Prefecture, Japan)

a type of administrative district, including 43 of the 47 prefectures of modern Japan, Chinese counties, French departments, etc.

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

earth, dirt / fabric, cloth / (game of Go) territory

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

personal, private / secret

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

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