duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
troublesome; annoying; complicated
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
to do something by choice; to like; to be fond of
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
joke; pun; jest; smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious
person who makes unreasonable complaints to a company; incessant complainer; chronic complainer
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
to draw back; to leave (the area)
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
arrival (of post, news, correspondence, etc.); receiving (a phone call, email, etc.)
to take a bath; to have a bath; to take a shower
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
Tokyo Metropolis (prefecture); Tokyo metropolitan area
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
joint ownership; co-ownership; sharing (e.g. a viewpoint); sharing (files, devices on a network, posts on social media, etc.)
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
to gather; to collect; to assemble
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
all; entire; whole; altogether
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
dirt; filth; stain; blot; spot
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
clean; hygienic; sanitary; pure; virtuous; immaculate
washing machine (laundry)
midwinter; cold season; coldest days of the year
video (esp. digital); video clip; animation; animated cartoon; in-betweens (animation)
to take (a photo); to record (video, audio, etc.); to make (a film)
haze (esp. in spring); mist; dimness (of sight)