to omit the middle of a phrase

a watch (portable or wearable timepiece) / a watchman, observer / a watch (person who guards, sailors or officers with common period of duty, etc.)

to observe, keep watch

(education) middle-school student / (Internet slang) an Internet troll / (Internet slang) a noob

the title of a rakugo shaggy-dog story / Synonym of 千早の歌 (Chihaya no uta): a poem used as an insect repellent

(historical, rare) something old or that has been around for a long time

(construction law) shadow of a building

facial features; the way one's face looks

consolation and pacification of the souls of the dead

precipitation; settling / (geology) subsidence