spruce

armrest

a waste

to waste

a hit (the act of being struck) / a hit (a success) / success / (baseball) a safe hit / hit (the act of being struck) / (Internet) hit (result on a search engine)

hit (strike something) / be a hit, be a success / (Internet) to come up as a result on a search engine

beneficent / merciful

contraceptive medicine, a contraceptive agent

Niigata (a prefecture of Japan) / Niigata (the capital city of Niigata Prefecture, Japan)

(shogi) flying ox (piece in chu shogi and larger shogi variants)