the number of flat things; win-loss difference which influences the ranking of wrestlers
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time)
construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
(feeling of) identification; sense of unity
your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
comics or novels about male homosexuality, targeted at young women
beating (of the heart, with joy, excitement, etc.); palpitation; throbbing; pounding; fluttering
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
one's house; one's home; one's family
practice kit; practice board; practice partner; training partner
wildly different (in ability, strength, etc.); on another level; in a different league; of different heights; uneven
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable
circumference; girth; tour; pilgrimage; circulation (e.g. of blood)
(instruction) manual; handbook
to tinker with; to fumble with; to fiddle with; to twiddle
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.
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
one's own work; making by oneself; farming on one's own land; independent farmer
playing by oneself; playing alone; entertaining oneself; game played by oneself (e.g. solitaire)
term; terminology; wording; choice of words; phraseology
dictionary of terminology; glossary
stoic; stoical; self-disciplined; abstemious; Stoic (philosopher)
network; Internet; net (e.g. hairnet, tennis net); net (price, weight, etc.); nett
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
fan site (website run by fans of a celebrity, TV show, etc.); fansite
brood parasitism (planting one's eggs in another bird's nest, as demonstrated by the cuckoo, etc.)
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
only; just; solely; prostitute attached to a single member of the post-WWII occupation forces
these days; nowadays; today; at this time (of day); at this hour
service; help; discount; discounted item; free service; freebie; service
to rank (as); to occupy (a position); to be located (in); to be situated
slump in publishing; publishing recession
when one door is shut, another is open; the world is as kind as it is cruel; (lit.) there are gods that will abandon you and there are gods that will pick you up
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
to pick up; to gather; to find (and pick up; something someone has dropped); to select; to choose; to get (unexpectedly); to hit upon (luck, an opportunity, etc.)
lazy; idle; indolent; slothful
snail's pace; (lit.) ox walk
certainly; absolutely; (not even) a little bit; diligently; dreams
yaoi; genre of fictional media featuring homosexual relationships between male characters