personal, private / secret

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

Alternative spelling of 私達 (“we; us”)

illegitimacy (being born out of wedlock)

Setouchi Region: Region of Japan's inland sea (the body of water separating Honshū, Shikoku, and Kyūshū, three of the four main islands of Japan) and coastal areas roundabout

local newspaper

a privately-owned ricefield, especially one under the historical 律令 (Ritsuryō) system

(historiography) Chinese local chronicle

Kyūjitai form of 私鉄 (“private railway”)

local self-government, autonomy