a child / (figuratively) a girl, especially a dear or desired one (compare use of English baby, babe) / a smaller or younger version of a bigger object

a place in the sun

opening words to a song

Contraction of このあいだ (kono aida).: the other day, a recent time

growth as the days pass / physical recovery day by day from an illness or after childbirth

Alternative spelling of 子等 (“children”)

a surname

a child / Short for 子爵 (shishaku): the fourth rank of nobility in Meiji-postwar Japan, equivalent to a viscount / an honorific for a learned man, such as teacher or master

(archaic) second-person pronoun: you (of one's equals)

child