I-adjective (keiyoushi)there's no (other) way · cannot be helped; unavoidable; inevitable; (there's) nothing one can do; having no choice · it's no use (doing); pointless; useless; no good; insufficient; not enough

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), I-adjective (keiyoushi)there's no (other) way · cannot be helped; unavoidable; inevitable; (there's) nothing one can do; having no choice · it's no use (doing); pointless; useless; no good; insufficient; not enough

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), I-adjective (keiyoushi)there's no (other) way · cannot be helped; unavoidable; inevitable; (there's) nothing one can do; having no choice; it is what it is · it's no use (doing); pointless; useless; no good; insufficient; not enough

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbwork; job; labor; labour; business; task; assignment; occupation; employment · work

Nounway; method; means; resource; course

Noundeed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing; one's work

Noundoer; performer · shite; protagonist; hero; leading part; main character · speculator

Noungesture; movement; action; behavior; behaviour; bearing; mannerism · acting; performance

Nounway; method; means; resource; remedy · (technical) specification

Ichidan verb, Intransitive verbto serve; to work for; to attend

Noun, Noun, used as a suffixtraining; education; upbringing · stocking up; laying in · preparation (e.g. ingredients)

Nounplace where one works; construction site; working area

Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'at work; in the midst of work; working

Nounfood delivery service; catering · walk-on part (in a play or film); background actor; extra

Nounpartition; division; boundary; compartment · settlement of accounts · preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark

Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verballowance; remittance; sending (someone) an allowance

Nounbuying (of stock, materials, etc.); purchasing; stocking; laying in; procurement

Godan verb with 'u' ending, Transitive verbto finish; to stop; to end; to put an end to; to bring to a close · to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to shut down; to shut up · to put away; to put back; to keep; to store

Nountailoring; sewing; cut · (special) preparation · teaching; training

Nounfinish; finishing; finishing touches

Noundevice; contrivance; mechanism; gadget · trick; trap; calculated manipulation; gambit · (small) scale; half finished

Nounstructure; construction; arrangement; contrivance; mechanism; workings · plan; plot; contrivance

Interjection (kandoushi)darn it!; darn!; oops!; oh dear!; oh no!

Ichidan verb, Transitive verbto start; to begin; to commence · to challenge; to pick (a fight); to make (war); to draw (a reaction) from · to set (traps); to plant (explosives); to lay (mines)

Nounfinish; end; completion; result

Ichidan verb, Transitive verbto finish up; to complete; to finish off; to get through; to polish off

Ichidan verb, Transitive verbto buy (stock, materials, etc.); to purchase; to lay in; to stock; to procure · to get; to obtain

Ichidan verb, Transitive verbto tailor; to make (clothing) · to train; to bring up · to make it seem like; to pass off

Nounresuming work after the New Year's vacation; first time that one works in the year

Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)apt to do; liable to do; tend to do; prone to do

Noun, Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'singlemindedly devoted to work

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), I-adjective (keiyoushi)likely to do; liable to do; (quite) capable of doing; may (well) do; might do; could do; would not hesitate to do

I-adjective (keiyoushi)impossible to do

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), I-adjective (keiyoushi)stupid; meaningless; worthless; pointless; boring · hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving

Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Auxiliary verb, Intransitive verb, Transitive verbto do; to perform; to carry out · to serve; to wait upon; to attend

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbgovernment service; entering government service · finding a new lord or master to serve (of a ronin)

Nounsituation; developments; outcome

Nounmethod; way

Nounsilk pouch with drawstring for holding a tea caddy (tea ceremony)

Nounmen pressed into forced labor (ritsuryō system) · palanquin bearer (Edo period)

Nounmaidservant

Godan verb with 'mu' ending, Transitive verbto train; to teach; to educate · to acquire (information); to learn; to cram · to stock; to stock up on

Nounworkman; enterpriser; schemer

Nounworkbench; work table

Nounwork clothes; business suit

Nounwork day

Nounworkbox

Adverb (fukushi), Nounfor work; in a manner related to work

Nounspeculative stock