labour shortage; labor shortage; shortage of workers; shortage of hands
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
sink (e.g. in a kitchen); cruising (e.g. taxi); strolling (entertainer, musician, etc.); washing area (in a Japanese-style bath); back-washing service (in a public bath); floating (something on water)
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
without an occupation; unemployed; jobless
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
to cramp up; to tighten; to be insistent; to persist (in one's opinion); to act tough; to bluff; to prop up (e.g. with a post)
inside a car (train, bus, etc.)
multi-unit apartments; apartment complex
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
ping-pong; table tennis; exactly!; surely!; ding dong (sound of door bell, chime, etc.)
photography (still or motion); photographing; filming; shooting; (video) recording
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
performance; take; game; season; penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie)
cut; cutting; haircut; shuffle (cards); shuffling; scene
judgement; judgment; appraisal (e.g. of an antique); evaluation; forensics; (criminal) identification
government service; the bureaucracy
bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
anything and everything; just about everything
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
society; public; community; social studies
consequence; outcome; result; blame
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
deoxyribonucleic acid; DNA
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
clink; clack; feeling annoyed; being offended; being hurt
cooperation; collaboration
perfectly; right on the mark; spot on; enough; sufficiently; thoroughly
assistance; help; helper; babe; chick; broad
special Nara-period administrative division for areas containing a detached palace (Yoshino and Izumi); secretary; third highest-ranking officials in the Dazaifu
email with attached photos sent from a mobile phone; photo taken with a mobile phone; taking a photo with a mobile phone
chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives
number one; first; best; most; game; round
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!
bank; banking institution
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex
haste; hurry; expedition; speed; dispatch