(nonstandard) romaji; Roman characters; the Latin alphabet, usually written in katakana and kanji: ローマ字 .

廊下: corridor / 老化: aging / 弄火: playing with fire / 狼火: fire beacon / 弄花: playing with flowers; gambling with flower cards

老化: age

老婆: old woman

牢屋: prison / 老爺: old man / 朧夜:

the first sight of something / something seen for the first time

one should start a big project with immediate, practical steps; start small / the person who proposes something should be the first one to take practical steps to implement it

everything

(colloquial) current boyfriend

(slang) Alternative form of 彼氏 (kareshi, “boyfriend”)