to send; to dispatch / to see off, to take (somebody somewhere), to escort / to play back / (linguistics) to add okurigana / to pass the time / to see off a deceased person

To send

imperfective and stem (or continuative) forms of 送る (okuru) [ichidan]

ship, vessel, large ship

ship, vessel, larger ship

sink

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

right now, just now, immediately

okurigana: in written Japanese, the kana added after a kanji to indicate inflection endings, such as the べる (-beru) in 食(た)べる (taberu, “to eat”)