fashion; fad; vogue; prevalence (e.g. of a disease)
ecology; environmental movement; environmentalism
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation
again; once more; a second time
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
substitution; replacement; shifting; change
(face) mask; (facial) features; looks; mask (e.g. for circuit etching)
from one's side; from the side (of something); from someone unconnected; from someone uninvolved
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
to hold out; to extend (e.g. a hand); to present; to submit; to sacrifice; to give (up)
cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection; scavenging
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
leather boots; rubber boots; wellingtons; wellies; long boots; high boots
soon; before long; slowly; quietly; already; about time
junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends
while; even though; despite
to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
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.
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
electricity; (electric) light
street; quarter; district; area
is that so?; I see; right; oh
to return; to come home; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
ripening (of a crop); crop; harvest
rod; pole; neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen; beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance); single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese); penis
weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73
alone; by oneself; on one's own
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth