foreigner (esp. one of European ancestry); different person
pastor; minister; clergyman; reverend
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
small grain; small stature or ability
front and rear; before and after; order; sequence; consequences; context
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
sense of sound; sense of pitch
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
explanation; interpretation
deep down; special place in one's heart; in the back of one's mind
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
to refuse; to decline; to deny
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
company; corporation; workplace
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to flirt with
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
(arch.) chimney; kiseru; Japanese smoking pipe
necessary; indispensable; must-have; must; juice of grapes or other fruit prior to fermentation into wine
morning and evening; from morning until night; constantly
inside the harbour; inside the harbor
steamship; steamboat; steamer
bow (of boat); prow; stem
outline of the Sun (esp. represented as a red circle); the Japanese flag