late shift; second shift; afternoon shift
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
eve (esp. Christmas Eve); the night before
for a while; for some time; for a period
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
twenty-fourth day of the month; twenty-four days
to beg; to ask; to request; to invite
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
cover; covering; cover song; cover version; coverage; to compensate for (a loss)
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
dubious; puzzled; suspicious
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
twosome; duo; pair (of criminals)
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
department store; department
cheap article; poor quality article
glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling
(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
compact disk; CD; cash dispenser; (negotiable) certificate of deposit
to check; to stop; to keep back
present; gift; to give a present or gift
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
to snatch from; to steal from
to collapse into; to flop onto
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
a long time ago; long before now
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest
two days later; day after next; next day but one