labour shortage; labor shortage; shortage of workers; shortage of hands
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
how; in what way; how about; questionable
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
no!; no no!; no, not at all
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; thanks to your (his, their, everyone's, etc.) kindness; thanks to your assistance; thanks to your support
work-related injury; work-related illness; work-related death; workers' compensation insurance
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
sorry; excuse me; thank you
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
foot of a mountain; base of a mountain; mine; colliery; owner of a mountain; operator of a mine
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
rock (music); rock; boulder; on the rocks
guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement
drawing blood; collecting blood
Near Threatened (conservation status); NT; New Testament; nuchal translucency
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death
conical hat (East-Asian style); coolie hat; something shaped like a conical hat or an umbrella; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
fire fighting; fire department; fire brigade
gas (state of matter, e.g. poison gas, natural gas); gasoline; gas; dense fog; thick fog; gas stove