number one; first; best; most; game; round
alternating; taking turns
alternating; taking turns
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
indicates position in a sequence; divisions of a kabuki performance
turn (in line); order of things; sequential order
errand runner; messenger (Azuchi-Momoyama period); patroller; minor official (Edo period)
taking turns; relieving the guard
being on duty; person on duty
leader of a group of juvenile delinquents
one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; screentime
to keep watch; to stand guard
performance; take; game; season; penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie)
ranked list (entertainers, sumo wrestlers, millionaires, etc.); program (e.g. theatre)
standing guard; watchman; watchman at the shogun's palaces (Edo period)
(yarn) count; nth place (in a race); nth position (in a starting lineup); nth rank (in a battle formation); castle guard; second-place horse
guardhouse (Edo-period city)
night watch; night watchman
prison guard; jailer; gaoler
food tray (used in the food industry)
second; number two; runner-up
farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)
tending a store; salesperson; sales clerk; shop assistant
exception; supernumerary; extra (e.g. performance, item, object, etc.); additional; outsize
town-watches from the Edo period
doorman in charge of footwear
police box; koban; alternation; alternating (current, stress, etc.)
first thing in the morning
one's favourite party trick (favorite); one's specialty; No. 18; eighteenth; repertoire of 18 kabuki plays
sleepless vigil; night watch; vigilance
leader of a female gang; leader of a group of delinquent girls
person who holds the purse strings; person who minds the cash; safe keeper; treasurer
one's turn (esp. in go, shogi, etc.)
stock number (of item); part number; PN
gatekeeper; door guard; doorman; concierge; janitor
garden watchman; garden keeper; guard of the inner garden
watch stand; watcher's seat; attendant's booth (e.g. at an onsen)
night watch; night sentry
night watch; night sentry
110 (police emergency telephone number in Japan)
night watch; fire watchman
early shift; morning shift; early arrival
sentry box; guardhouse; guard lodge; (Edo period) police box
keeping an eye on people's belongings (so they don't get stolen)
leader of a female gang; leader of a group of delinquent girls
phone duty; being on call
doorkeeper; doorman; porter
unconquered savage; uncivilized aboriginal; aboriginal Taiwanese tribes outside Qing China's jurisdiction
advisor; adviser (to a lord, etc.); wise counselor allowed to speak to a lord without restraint
warehouseman; storekeeper
secret leader of a group of juvenile delinquents; program in a competing timeslot (programme)
promo; advertising for a program (TV, radio, etc.); program publicity
consecutive number; serial number
reporter assigned to cover a particular person in order to get the most up-to-date information; beat reporter
(telephone) area code (non-local)
rotation (e.g. of a duty); taking turns
gatekeeper; crossing guard
location without an address; unnumbered plot of land
geisha call-office; assignation office for geisha; geisha on call
ranger (forest); mountain guardian
good turning point number (10000, 12345 etc., often referring to web site visit counts)
good turning point number (10000, 12345 etc., often referring to web site visit counts)
telephone exchange number
precedence; first move (in games)
make-or-break game in a go or shogi tournament; ozeki-ranked wrestler being in danger of losing his rank if he fails to win 8 or more bouts in a 15-day tournament
make-or-break game in a go or shogi tournament; ozeki-ranked wrestler being in danger of losing his rank if he fails to win 8 or more bouts in a 15-day tournament
person at a public bath in charge of heating the water and filling the baths
to be the leader of a group of juvenile delinquents
to have one's turn; to be on duty; to have one's inning
local telephone exchange number; local exchange prefix
person in charge of warming sake in a bar
something so difficult that one doesn't know if there's even a 1 in 1000 chance of success
toe guards on clogs; footwear doorman
last five matches of makushita division wrestlers
taking turns; working in shifts
person in charge of preparing food for rikishi (usually performed by low-ranking rikishi)
the thirty guardian deities (a different one for each day)
guard (of a daimyo, emperor, etc.)
guard (of a daimyo, emperor, etc.)
being on duty with a colleague; partner; colleague
bracket win; bracket quinella
lower number; lower numbers
the opposite team in a two-turns work group
Banchō Seisaku Kenkyūjo (faction of the LDP)
Banchō Seisaku Kenkyūjo (faction of the LDP)