reception hours; opening hours
provision; supply; payment; allowance; grant
traveling expenses; travelling expenses; carfare
dock; thorough physical examination
progress; pace; carriage; step; stage
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
regrettable; unsatisfactory; deplorable; lamentable
central figure; pillar (e.g. of the nation); chief; boss; master carpenter; beams and ridge supports of a roof
invitation; introduction; temptation
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
returning home; going home; coming home; getting home
new record (in sports, etc.)
prescription (of medicine); formula
to mark the end; to spell the end
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
Osaka Prefecture (Kinki area)
derivative work (usu. unauthorized and produced by fans, e.g. dōjinshi, fanfiction)
novel; story; (work of) fiction
network; Internet; net (e.g. hairnet, tennis net); net (price, weight, etc.); nett
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
small factory in town; (small) backstreet workshop
company president; manager; director
protagonist; main character; hero; head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)
more than enough; more than ample; exhaustive
manufacturing; craftsmanship; making things by hand
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal