Save Gender Masculine Usage Japanese Scripts 和司, 和志, 一志(Japanese Kanji) かずし(Japanese Hiragana) Meaning & History From the Japanese kanji 和 (kazu) meaning "peace; harmony" or 一 (kazu) meaning "one; wholly" combined with 司 (shi) meaning "boss" or 志 (shi) meaning "purpose, will, ambition".Other kanji combinations are possible.