town; block; street; road; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m); chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)
back street; back alley; off-street
multi-tenant building; building containing a mixture of businesses, shops and residential apartments
hideout; secret base of operations; safe house
to be crushed; to be squashed; to go bankrupt; to go under; to be ruined (of a plan); to be cancelled; to be lost (of one's voice, eyesight, sense of smell, etc.)
game arcade; video arcade
conveyor belt sushi; sushi-go-round; sushi train; kaiten-zushi
long-established shop; shop of long standing; old shop
high praise; great admiration; with critical acclaim; to rave reviews; currently; presently
running away from home; elopement; (arch.) outing; (arch.) going out; (arch.) becoming a Buddhist monk; (arch.) entering the priesthood
Vienna sausage cut in the shape of an octopus
battleship sushi; gunkan maki; sushi made by wrapping a strip of nori around a rice ball with a topping
to smack one's lips (over a dish); to eat with relish
to fire (a gun); to shoot; to let off; to loose off; to blow (someone) away
serious; earnest; sober; honest; sincere
period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
normally; ordinarily; by anyone's standards; by normal standards; without any issues; without any difficulty
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently
to keep one's temper; to maintain one's composure; to remain calm; to keep presence of mind; to preserve one's equilibrium
exhausting work; hard work; severe duty
to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete
serialization; serialisation; serial story
standalone book (i.e. not part of an anthology, series, etc.); (book published as a) single volume; tankōbon; individual volume of a manga series
innocent; chaste; naive; pure; unmixed; genuine
Koshien Stadium, a baseball stadium in Koshien which is the venue of the annual high school baseball tournaments; High school baseball in Japan, the tournaments generally referred to as Kōshien, named after the stadium; Koshien, Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, a neighborhood of Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan; Koshien Stadium (baseball park in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture); National High School Baseball Tournament (held annually in August at Koshien Stadium); Summer Koshien; National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament (held annually in March at Koshien Stadium)
bat (in baseball, cricket, etc.)
defense; defence; fielding
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
volume number; reel number; number of volumes; number of reels; a set number of scrolls to be read by a Buddhist monk
cartoonist; comic book artist; manga artist; manga author; mangaka
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; lower radical of a kanji; money
lower half of the body; nether parts
unhurt; uninjured; flawless (e.g. gem); unblemished; spotless (e.g. reputation); faultless (e.g. performance)
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
way of speaking; intimation
to be fickle; to be frivolous; to be flippant; to be flighty; to be giddy; to be restless