measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
one's own judgement (judgment); decision made without consulting others; arbitrary decision; dogmatism
to become familiar with; to fit in; to adapt oneself; to get used to; to grow accustomed to
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
director; executive; officer; official; person in charge
participation; joining; entry; adherence
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in
intentionally; deliberately; designedly; especially; particularly
structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen
bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; selling below cost
gift; premium; prize (lottery drawing, pachinko, etc.); party favor (favour)
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
unavoidably; inevitably; necessarily; reluctantly; against one's will
slim; slender; lithe; smoothly; without resistance; without trouble
to accept; to receive; to agree
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
lot (production); batch; lotto
900; nine hundred; (arch.) fool; (arch.) idiot
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
third day of the month; three days
A common name for the area around Akihabara Station in the Chiyoda ward of Tokyo, Japan, famous for being the centre of modern Japanese popular culture and a major shopping district for video games, anime, manga, electronics and computer-related goods.
street; quarter; district; area
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
thirteenth day of the month; thirteen days
new building; new construction
meeting hall; assembly hall
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization
in (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); inside the line; in; inside; enter here; enter
establishment; opening; setting up; inauguration
agency; official dealership; distributor
corner; section; one horn; narwhal (Monodon monoceros)
repair; mending; fixing; servicing
corner; bend; segment (within a radio or TV program); session; area; department