a prefecture in Japan comprising the southern part of 九州 (Kyūshū, “Kyushu”) facing the Pacific Ocean and nearby islands; its capital city is also 鹿児島 (Kagoshima)

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

Kagoshima (a prefecture in southwestern Japan) / Kagoshima (the capital city of Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan) / (Kagoshima) Kagoshima

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