a surname

close friend, bosom buddy / crony, chum

meadow, plain, field

ash; ashes

ash

ashes / puckery juice / cremate

lye, originally the clear alkaline liquid left after leaching wood ash in water / scum, the coagulated proteins and fats that gather on the surface of a pot of boiling food

(chiefly women's speech) first person singular pronoun: I, me

Alternative spelling of 私達 (“we; us”)

(polite) first-person singular pronoun: I, me