illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
jeweler; gem dealer; jeweler's (jewelry) shop
Richard; Richards; Richart; Ritchard
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
judgement; judgment; expert opinion; appraisal
night duty; night shift; night work
part-time job; side job; part-time worker; part-timer
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
business; work; operations; service; duties
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
(several) tens; dozens; scores (of)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
key; lock; key (to a problem, success, etc.); clue
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
in order; in turn; one by one
control; management (e.g. of a business)
station; office; guardroom
(security) guard; caretaker; janitor; doorkeeper; gatekeeper
24 hours; twenty-four hours
always; constantly; at all times; habitually
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
two persons; two people; pair; couple
to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to use (a tool, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out; to hand (over); to give
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
to receive; to get; to accept; to take (someone's words or behaviour); to interpret; to understand
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that
shift; move; (work) shift; work schedule; gearshift; changing gears
irregular; atypical; anomalous; anomalistic; abnormal
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that