mind, heart, spirit, soul; thoughts, ideas / attention, mind, interest / heart, feelings, emotion, emotional state / wholeheartedness, sincerity, true heart

a ball / a orb / a sphere / a bead of an abacus / lens / a bullet / an egg, especially of a chicken / a gem, jewel / an object of value / a female entertainer (geisha, prostitute, etc.)

idea / mind / heart / desire

a bead string; a jewelled necklace / (figuratively) life, existence / Synonym of 見せばや (misebaya): Siebold's stonecrop (Hylotelephium sieboldii)

by connecting beads into a string thereby making the space shorter, shortness of something

chief, head, leader

meeting; rendezvous

吠える, 吠る, 吼える: to howl

mask / face / features / surface

being pregnant