(being) within range (radio, commuting, etc.); (being) within the sphere (e.g. of influence)
(getting) late; about time; good time (for doing something); good timing
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
thank you for your hard work; good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
return; reaction; recovery; return (from a procedure)
time; hour; period; class
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
freshly drawn bath; (taking) a bath before anyone else
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
establishment (of a business); founding
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron
front; frontage; facade; main
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
decorative ridge-end tile (traditionally bearing the face of a demon and resembling a gargoyle); hideous face
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
keeping an alternative up one's sleeve; two-stage preparation
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
credit; money owed on an account; bill; hot noodles in broth; proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); in the midst of; rest
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
decoration; ornament; trimmings
carving; engraving; sculpture
behind; in the rear; in back
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to