24 hours; twenty-four hours
order; system; structure; set-up; organization; organisation
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.
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to press forward; to forge ahead; to push on
institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
Common Era; CE; Christian Era; Western (Gregorian) calendar
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
management; administration; operation
daytime; during the day; Japan and China
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
vessel; ship; shipping; seacraft
entry into port; arriving in harbor
to load (with goods, cargo); to put on board; to stow aboard
departure from a port; leaving port; setting sail
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
number of persons; personnel
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
bonded area (i.e. customs)