a shift (a change in position, the situation, or one's attitude) / shifting, changing gear on a car / a shift (change of workers)

(baseball, softball) Synonym of 左翼手 (sayokushu, “left fielder”)

a lift (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people), especially a goods lift / (figure skating) a lift

(geology) a rift

Alternative form of 樺太 (Karafuto, “Karafuto, Sakhalin (an island today in Russia and formerly claimed by Japan)”)

Karafuto, Sakhalin (an island today in Russia and formerly claimed by Japan)

a hostage / (archaic, original sense) indentureship, the state of being in servitude to another as collateral on or payment of a debt

rock

rock; boulder

entirely engrossed in something