to be needed; to be wanted
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
proceeding to the capital (Tokyo)
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
distinctive of; characteristic of; uniquely applying to; but; except; without
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
standard item; usual thing; (a) classic; basic item (with stable demand); staple goods
night view; night skyline; nightscape
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
restaurant (esp. Western-style)
lunch; (Western-style) single-plate lunch set; plate lunch; launch (boat); motorboat; ranch
business hours; opening hours; office hours
shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation
likes and dislikes; pickiness (about food); choosiness; fussiness; tastes; preferences
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
heave-ho; oops; yes; yeah
surfacing; rising to the surface; emerging; leaping into prominence; rising (of rank)
periodic; regular; routine
to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
skipping rope; jump rope; skipping; rope-jumping
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
(somebody else's) parents; both parents
to succeed (someone); to take over from; to pick up the torch
sales; selling; marketing
chief; head (of an office, of a laboratory)
house-to-house; door-to-door; each house
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
to watch over; to watch attentively
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit