Kami

A kami is a person with whom one is in a close personal relationship. It may or may not involve living together or even live sex, so the word can refer to a friend, lover, ex-lover or codemate. Basically the word camouflages whether the relationship is social or sexual, long term or short term, and therefore it is regarded as the polite form to use with scrollsters. Pia is the word for lover. Modification of 'kami' include aikami and monkami.