Ai Ichihara

Ai Ichihara (市原 あい, Ichihara Ai) is the housekeeper of the Sena household.

Etymology

 * The name Ai is written in hiragana (あい), which has no special meaning. However, when written in kanji (愛 or 藍), it could possibly mean:
 * 愛 - "love, affection".
 * 藍 - "indigo".
 * Ai's surname Ichihara means "city, market, town, municipality, fair" (市) (ichi) and "field, plain" (原) (hara).