worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
babysitting; babysitter; taking care of; assisting; assistant
clanging; banging; throbbing (headache); pounding; fully; vigorously
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
adds force or indicates command
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
dilatorily; sluggishly; to take a lot of time; to become late; to take it easy
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
seal (used in lieu of a signature); stamp; chop
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
heavy machinery; heavy equipment; heavy machine gun
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
slinging (on cranes, etc.)
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
laborer; labourer; blue-collar worker
thank you for your hard work; good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
selling area; counter; section; favorable time to sell; good time to sell
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
having a crush on someone; flushing
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
sorry; excuse me; thank you
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
that's the way it is; such is life
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
mobile telephone; cellular telephone
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
pudding (esp. custard); black hair dyed blond but where the roots have again turned black
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave