Tokyo Metropolis (prefecture); Tokyo metropolitan area
resident of Tokyo; citizen of Tokyo; Tokyoite
ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)
Kanagawa Prefecture (Kanto area)
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
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.
yukata; light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe
uchiwa; type of traditional Japanese handheld fan
big hit; smash hit; popular item (e.g. movie, music)
air conditioner; air conditioning; aircon
low-priced; cheap; shallow (e.g. sympathy); superficial; link back to discussion group, bulletin board, etc. posting
cool breeze; cool air; refreshing coolness
general public; the masses
selling like crazy; selling like hotcakes; flying off the shelves
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
several weeks; a few weeks
seducer; smooth talker; picking up women; hitting on women; moderate party; moderate
recklessly; thoughtlessly; pamperingly; indulgently; shoo!; heave-ho; hallo
loose; promiscuous; quick; brisk; rash; thoughtless
involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation
that's enough!; cut it out!; get a life!
ass; arse; buttocks; rear; end
to beat; to batter; to pummel
spanking with a baseball bat
voice; speech; phone (as opposed to a phoneme); speech sound; audio; sound (as opposed to the picture)
anal; anal sex; anal intercourse; anus
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost
anyway; by the way; incidentally; well; to change the subject
revelation; manifestation; appearance; expression (e.g. in molecular biology; protein expression or gene expression)
blasphemous; profane; sacrilegious
curiosity; inquisitiveness