Min Dong (branch of Chinese widely spoken in and around Fuzhou)

to study / to learn

Min Nan

the east (compass point) / the Orient / an easterly (wind blowing from the east) / (sumo) higher-ranked wrestlers listed on the right of a banzuke / an Eastern Bloc country

talk, speak / word, language, term / Short for 物語 (monogatari): story, tale, narrative

(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

personal, private / secret