bizarre plan; perplexing strategy; outlandish scheme
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
arrival (of post, news, correspondence, etc.); receiving (a phone call, email, etc.)
delay; lag; postponement; falling behind
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
haste; hurry; expedition; speed; dispatch
having not the slightest idea
to correct; to rectify; to reform; to straighten (one's posture, collar, etc.); to adjust
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
sorry; excuse me; thank you
evening; night; nighttime
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
udon served in a pot with broth
pleasantly warm; nice and warm; repeatedly (hitting someone); again and again; over and over
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
common; ordinary; conventional; customary
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing
scalloped (noodles); boiled noodles served in a pot with broth
soon; before long; shortly thereafter
preface; introduction; preamble
fine weather; fair weather
weather; the elements; fair weather; fine weather
daytime; during the day; Japan and China
clear weather; cloudless weather; good weather
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata; Festival of the Weaver
just when (one is about to ...); just as; the very moment when; on the point of
arrival; coming (e.g. something awaited); advent