head; chief; top student; head of the class; top seat; first desk (in orchestra)
adviser; advisor; consultant
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
door; gate; opening; title page
speaking voice; talking voice
your Excellency; his Excellency; her Excellency
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
popular name; common name; given name
to face on; to look out on to
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
staff; stuff; stuffing; filling
several (objects, usu. from two to six)
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to hang over; to cover; to fall upon someone (responsibility, burden, pressure, etc.)
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
to stab; to thrust (into); to plant (in the ground); to stick upright
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
the ninth; Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
chorus; singing in a chorus