shift; move; (work) shift; work schedule; gearshift; changing gears
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
coastal region; coastal area; coastline
to hang one's hopes on; to expect from
secret; clandestine; covert; spy (for a daimyo, shogun, etc.); secret agent
rough-and-ready; knocked-up; hasty; slipshod; slapdash
to beat someone to the punch; to get the drop on (someone); to forestall
fifth day of the month; five days
attending a government office; going to work (for a government official)
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
appearance; arrival; make one's appearance
foresight; foreknowledge; divination
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
heartbroken; crestfallen; dejected; disappointed
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
hunting; harvesting (e.g. berries, fruit); picking; gathering
fixed number; certain number; given number; definite number
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
tangible side of things (such as equipment and facilities; as opposed to the abstract side)
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
order; turn; sorting; obedient; docile; submissive
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
reaching; attaining; arrival
Jeju (special self-governing province and island in South Korea)
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
interview; audience; meeting; (viewing) party
prime minister's official residence
question and answer session
question time (e.g. in parliament, diet, etc.); question period; time allowed for questions
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
local-news reporter; police reporter; city news reporter