commuter town; bedroom community; dormitory town
Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)
passing through without stopping; passing by
retro; nostalgic; old-fashioned
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
corner; section; one horn; pillar (of a group, system, etc.); member (of an organization, etc.); first corner
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
wooden; made of wood; wooden construction
apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
to overhear; to hear (secondhand); to hear on the grapevine; to know by hearsay
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
large, broad-shouldered physique (esp. that of a middle-aged man); big build
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
riddled with holes; full of holes; full of flaws; full of loopholes; faulty
steel frame; steel beam; steel girder
stairs; stairway; staircase
to run (up hill, stairs, etc.)
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
sounding continuously (phone, alarm, etc.)
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
who on earth; just exactly who; who the heck
ardent; passionate; vehement
calling out to someone with love or good will; phone call to a loved one; fervent request; heartfelt appeal
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
to pluck; to pick; to tear
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
tone (of voice); manner of talking
challenging (an unknown person); asking a person's identity
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
you; before (a god, nobleman, etc.); in front of