preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
time for reporting to work; time one leaves home to go to work; working hours; number of hours worked
to employ; to hire; to charter
seat; bench; temporary job while looking for a better job or until one marries
to be needed; to be wanted
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
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
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; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; 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
understood; I see; OK; present; here
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
last night; yesterday evening
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
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
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
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; come now