(telephony) a common Japanese telephone greeting: hello; used when answering the telephone / used to confirm that the person being addressed is listening, or to confirm if anyone is listening

(humble, formal) to say / (humble, formal) to be called / (humble) to ask, request, or give thanks (to a kami or buddha) / (humble) to make a wish

(rare, obsolete) Same as もうす (mōsu) above

he / distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that / boyfriend

distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that, yon / particularly, male personal third person pronoun: he / by extension from he: boyfriend

he; boyfriend

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

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

a personal or private matter / (by extension) selfishness

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