Saitama (an inland prefecture in the Kanto Region of Japan)

to be born / to come into existence

city

麻糸: hemp yarn

(for a child to) be raised, grow up / (for vegetables etc.) to grow / nurture, train (professionals)

morning activities that fill time before a more important activity (work, etc.)

(historical) Short for 埼玉郡 (Saitama-gun): Saitama (a former district in northeastern Musashi Province, facing the Tone River, in the Kanto Region, 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

cloth woven of hemp or ramie, similar to linen