karaoke box; club with individual rooms that can be rented with karaoke machines
shop, bar, etc. where live jazz, pop, rock, etc. is performed; live music club
one-coin (i.e. able to be paid for with only one coin, esp. a 500-yen coin, sometimes a 100-yen coin); costing 500 yen; costing 100 yen
(something having its) merits and demerits; advantages and disadvantages; good points and shortcomings
(time of) emergency; (in) event of emergency; (in) case of emergency
earthquake disaster; Great Kanto Earthquake (1923)
tone quality; sound quality
minor; small; minor (key, scale, etc.); the minor leagues (US baseball)
charge for a telephone call
(mobile broadband) data cost
non-drinker; someone who cannot drink
changing cell phone models
to unite; to join; to do together; to confuse with
croak; ribbit; sound of frogs
to be disheartened; to be dejected; to be discouraged; suddenly (losing a lot of weight); looking emaciated; becoming very thin
need not; (not) have to; need not have; need not exist
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
both people; two people; two directions; both directions
photograph of two people, usu. male and female; man and woman being alone together; phone dating service where a couple are randomly connected for a conversation
(battery) charger; AC adapter
making regular visits to a social welfare facility
photography; taking photographs
to push away; to push aside; to shove
to be ill; to suffer from; to have trouble doing ...; to be unable to ...; to fail to ...
to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere
real nuisance; becoming inconvenienced by someone else's problems (through no fault of one's own)
to release a shutter (camera); to click a shutter
thundering; purring; something large and heavy starting to roll; scattered about; common; idleness; idling about
to not take seriously; to take lightly
lavish feast; splendid banquet; corporate largess; lavish hospitality
anyway; either way; one way or the other; whichever; whatever
to lose heart; to lose interest; to lose motivation; to become stale (i.e. of a carbonated beverage); to go flat; to lose flavor
to rant and rave; to raise hell
like everyone else; like most people; like an ordinary person; as much as anyone else
suspicious-looking; fishy