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.
near; nearby; not far off
specialist shop; shop specializing in a few types of product
suicide attack; kamikaze attack
on the road; on the street; in the street; on the way
play; recreation; play (theatre); performance; staging; praying
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
book; volume; this; present; main; head
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
originator; pioneer; inventor; progenitor; primogenitor; founder of a family line
famous product; special product; speciality; specialty
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to like; to love; to be fond of
very interesting; of great interest
briskly with small steps; trotting
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
to be crowded; to be packed; to be jammed
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
journal; magazine; periodical
selling area; counter; section; favorable time to sell; good time to sell
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
ratio; proportion; percentage
pair; couple; antithesis; counter for items that come in pairs; counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
foreign; abroad; overseas
comparatively; relatively
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
elevator; lift; elevator (aviation)
stairs; stairs at the front of a noh stage
by means of; due to; because of; according to
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
notice; bulletin; post; posting; placard
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation