number one; first; best; most; game; round
leader of a female gang; leader of a group of delinquent girls
taking turns; relieving the guard
performance (as opposed to practice); going before an audience or on-air; game; match; high of the season; height (of summer, etc.)
gatekeeper; door guard; doorman; concierge; janitor
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
leader of a group of juvenile delinquents
guard (of a daimyo, emperor, etc.)
second; number two; runner-up
one's turn (esp. in go, shogi, etc.)
one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; one's time (to act); one's chance
the nth ...; divisions of a kabuki performance
being on duty; person on duty; one's turn
farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)
chief clerk (in a shop, managing affairs on the owner's behalf); head clerk; store manager
tending a store; salesperson; sales clerk; shop assistant
police box; koban; alternation; alternating (current, stress, etc.)
first thing in the morning
lot number; house number; address; residence; address; memory address
exception; supernumerary; extra (e.g. performance, item, object, etc.); additional; outsize
one's favourite party trick (favorite); one's specialty; one's forte
prison guard; jailer; gaoler
attendant's booth (in a bathhouse changing room); door-keeper's stand; watcher's seat
night watch; night sentry
night watch; night sentry
110 (police emergency telephone number in Japan); to call 110; to call the police
night watch; fire watchman
sleepless vigil; night watch; vigilance
(yarn) count; nth place (in a race); nth position (in a starting lineup); nth rank (in a battle formation); castle guard; second-place horse
ranked list (entertainers, sumo wrestlers, millionaires, etc.); program (e.g. theatre)
track number; platform number; wire gauge
keeping an eye on people's belongings (so they don't get stolen)
early shift; morning shift; early arrival
sentry box; guardhouse; guard lodge; (Edo period) police box
guardhouse (Edo-period city)
garden watchman; garden keeper; guard of the inner garden
person who holds the purse strings; person who minds the cash; safe keeper; treasurer
phone duty; being on call
doorkeeper; doorman; porter
unconquered savage; uncivilized aboriginal; aboriginal Taiwanese tribes outside Qing China's jurisdiction
town-watches from the Edo period
advisor; adviser (to a lord, etc.); wise counselor allowed to speak to a lord without restraint
warehouseman; storekeeper
promo; advertising for a program (TV, radio, etc.); program publicity
doorman in charge of footwear
secret leader of a group of juvenile delinquents; program in a competing timeslot (programme)
errand runner; messenger (Azuchi-Momoyama period); patroller; minor official (Edo period)
alternating; taking turns
shogun bodyguards (Edo-period)
consecutive number; serial number
reporter assigned to cover a particular person in order to get the most up-to-date information; beat reporter
(telephone) area code (non-local)
head of a group of samurai guards; head of a guard division (Edo period)
rotation (e.g. of a duty); taking turns
stock number (of item); part number; PN
gatekeeper; crossing guard
geisha call-office; assignation office for geisha; geisha on call
location without an address; unnumbered plot of land
ranger (forest); mountain guardian
satisfying number (e.g. 10000, 12345, 33333; in view counts, odometer readings, video game scores, etc.)
telephone exchange number
food tray (used in the food industry)
precedence; first move (in games)
make-or-break game in a go or shogi tournament; ozeki-ranked wrestler being in danger of losing his rank if he fails to win 8 or more bouts in a 15-day tournament
discontinuation (of a model); discontinued model
night watch; night watchman; sleepless vigil
person at a public bath in charge of heating the water and filling the baths
local telephone exchange number; local exchange prefix
person in charge of warming sake in a bar
plot number; house number
something so difficult that one doesn't know if there's even a 1 in 1000 chance of success
(arch.) standing guard; (arch.) watchman; guard at the shogun's palaces (Edo period)
toe guards on clogs; footwear doorman
last five matches of makushita division wrestlers
being on duty with a colleague; partner; colleague
taking turns; working in shifts
person in charge of preparing food for rikishi (usually performed by low-ranking rikishi)
the thirty guardian deities (one for each day of the lunar month)
guard (of a daimyo, emperor, etc.)
guards at Ōsaka and Sunpu castles (Edo period)
classification number; branch number
bracket win; bracket quinella
lower number; lower numbers
the opposite team in a two-turns work group
Banchō Seisaku Kenkyūjo (faction of the LDP)
Banchō Seisaku Kenkyūjo (faction of the LDP)
number generation; issuing a number
multi-game competition; best-of-X series