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The store needs more clerks to wait on customers.
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Vocabulary list

mise
noun
  1. store; shop; establishment; restaurant (orig. an abbr. of 店棚;見世棚)
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
kyaku
noun
  1. guest; visitor
  2. customer; client; shopper; spectator; audience; tourist; sightseer; passenger
counter
  1. counter for containers used to entertain guests
no
particle
  1. indicates possessive (occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之)
  2. nominalizes verbs and adjectives
  3. substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases
  4. (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion (often ん)
  5. (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis
  6. (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
taiou
noun, suru verb
  1. correspondence (to); equivalence
  2. suitability; coordination; matching; being appropriate (for)
  3. dealing with; coping with; handling; response; reception; reaction
  4. compatibility (with technology, software, etc.); capability; support (for)
ni
particle
  1. at (place, time); in; on; during
  2. to (direction, state); toward; into
  3. for (purpose)
  4. because of (reason); for; with
  5. by; from
  6. as (i.e. in the role of)
  7. per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month")
  8. and; in addition to
  9. if; although
motto
adverb
  1. (some) more; even more; longer; further
tenin
noun
  1. employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
ga
particle
  1. indicates sentence subject (occasionally object)
  2. indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions)
conjunction
  1. but; however; still; and
  2. regardless of; whether (or not) (after the volitional form of a verb)
hitsuyou
na adjective
  1. necessary; needed; essential; indispensable (必用 can imply has to be used rather than is just needed)
noun
  1. necessity; need; requirement
da
copula
  1. be; is (plain copula)
auxiliary verb
  1. did; (have) done (た after certain verb forms; indicates past or completed action)
  2. please; do (indicates light imperative)

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