Synonym of 関東 (Kantō): the area east of 逢坂の関 (Ōsaka-no-seki, “tollgate of Ōsaka-yama”) or the 函谷関 (Kankoku-kan, “Hangu Pass”)

close friend, bosom buddy / crony, chum

(direction) left, the side of the left hand / (politics) a leftist

frontier pass / close / relation / barrier / gate

barrier, gate / to concern; to relate to; connection

barrier, gate

Seki (a city in Gifu Prefecture, Japan) / a surname

the left in vertical writing / the following (one)

to the left; on the left side / (history, government) "of the left", senior or superior to 右 (u-, “of the right”)

Synonym of それほど (sore hodo)