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.
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
concentration (on a task); focusing one's attention; concentration (of population, buildings, power, etc.); centralization; within a collection of works
just to make sure; just to be sure; for confirmation; just in case; for caution's sake; by way of precaution
only natural; no wonder; as expected; of course; as it should be
unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb; produced at an unorthodox location
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
suspicious-looking; fishy
abandonment; renouncement; renunciation; resignation; abdication; surrender
startup; booting up; activation; starting (e.g. engine, computer); launch
hard to understand; Byzantine fashion
violence; reckless action; (an) outrage
to finger; to play with; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
intensification; aggravation
destabilization; destabilisation
whole area; surrounding area; all around; everywhere; all over the place
submersion; inundation; being flooded
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
cruise; navigation; sailing
class; heading; group; category
mobility; maneuverability
to have an eye on; to zero in on
beating someone up by ganging up on them; facing a barrage of criticism
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
can do nothing but ...; have no choice but to ...; there is nothing to do but ...; cannot help ...
promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)
to make a fist; to clench one's fist
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
emphasizing (a point, argument, etc.); stressing; insistence; arguing strongly (for, against)
oh my god!; oh my gosh!; you got me!; wow!
peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled; mowing down the enemy
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competition in which there are several evenly matched participants; hotly contested game (match, market, etc.)
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
automatic transmission; AT; achievement test; alternative technology; appropriate technology; auditory trainer