foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
lightly and smoothly (of movements); swiftly; glidingly; (progressing) smoothly; (solving) easily
outskirts (of a town); edge (of a town); just outside the city limits
bento; Japanese box lunch
only; just; since; after; remaining (in a particular state)
gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance
later on; eventually; afterwards
telephone call; telephone (device)
observation; survey; watching
gloomy; melancholy; dreary; depressed; dismal
back issue (of a publication); back-number
to keep away; to keep at a distance
to pick out; to single out; to select; to extract; to draw out; to pull out
piece (scrap, bit, strip) of paper
to refer to; to use as reference
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
to become pale; to turn pale
hot-spring village; onsen village
to start work (on); to undertake; to start committing a crime; embarkation; launch
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch
ruins of a fire; fire-devastated area
immanence; inherence; indwelling; intrinsic (cause)
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
body; group; party; gang; troupe; troop
covering; protection; backing; relief
to come together; to join; to get married; to become a married couple
great laughter; burst of laughter
deadly serious; deadly earnest
arbor; arbour; suffix forming the final part of the pseudonyms of some writers and performers; suffix forming the final part of the name of a restaurant
clipping (of newspaper article, etc.); cutting; scrap (for a scrapbook); cut-out (picture, coloured paper, etc.)
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)