old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
a very short while ago; very early (e.g. in the morning)
change of color; change of colour; fading; discoloration; discolouration
second (unit of time); arc second
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
harbor entrance; harbour entrance
to hold one's breath; to catch one's breath
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at something)
cork stopper; (bottle) cork
whitecaps; white-crested waves; thief
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
real condition; actual circumstances; actual state of affairs
to cry and shout; to scream
to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
star (cinema, sports, etc.); celebrity; star symbol; asterisk; (celestial) star
(air or sea) route; course; line; run
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken
on the sea; surface of the sea
homeward voyage or flight
large; large-sized; large-scale; big
at someone's (something's) mercy
disaster; accident; shipwreck; distress
to press a question; to cross-examine
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
breakdown; failure; damage; hurt; objection; protest
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly