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signboard; sign; billboard; hoarding; doorplate
draw; attraction; feature; highlight; spokesman; figurehead
reputation (of a shop); name
appearance; look; show
closing (for the day, esp. of a restaurant or bar); closing time
新しい店の看板が目立つ場所に設置されたよ。
The new shop's sign was installed in a prominent place.
この看板娘がいるから店が繁盛しているのかも。
The shop may be thriving because of this popular salesgirl.
看板を見て何の店か一目で分かるようにしたい。
I want the sign to make it clear at a glance what kind of shop it is.