preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
time for reporting to work; time one leaves home to go to work
to employ; to hire; to take on; to charter (a car, boat, etc.); to hire
seat; bench; temporary job while looking for a better job or until one marries
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
really; truly; indeed; good grief
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
various; a variety of; variously; in various ways; various things; this and that
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
to come off (of a button, handle, lid, etc.); to go away (of a fever, pain, swelling, etc.); to disappear; to be harvested; to be picked; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
all present; all concerned; all of us
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
last night; yesterday evening
one cup (of); one glass (of); one drink (of alcohol); full; filled (with); fully; to capacity
to be seen; to be visible; to look; to seem; to come
I'm home!; I'm back!; now; at present; just now; a moment ago
newcomer; new figure; new member; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards); Homo sapiens
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
deep (hole, forest, snow, etc.); dense (e.g. fog); thick (e.g. weeds, woods); close (e.g. relationship); deep (involvement); intense (e.g. longing, flavor); severe
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
rocks glass; Old Fashioned glass; lowball glass
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
cutting an alcoholic beverage (usu. whisky or shōchū); diluting an alcoholic beverage; cut drink; diluted drink; watered-down drink
drink money; drinking money
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days