person who is ignorant of the real world; (lit.) frog in a well
March; third month of the lunar calendar
dark; gloomy; overcast; heavy; leaden; dull
accent (on a syllable, word); stress; intonation; inflection; (language) accent (e.g. American, British); accent (e.g. in a design)
underground train; subway
personnel; members; lineup (of a team); announcement of next day's match-ups
reigning; controlling; dictating
one's own property; possessions
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
slot machine in a pachinko parlor (parlour)
businesses offering food and entertainment; cabaret, club, gambling and restaurant businesses; sex industry; sex-related businesses
disorder; chaos; confusion
hilly section of a city (usu. residential); Yamanote (hilly residential section of western Tokyo, incl. Yotsuya, Aoyama, Koishikawa, Hongo, Ichigaya, Akasaka, Azabu and surrounds); place near the mountains
space; interval; space character; whitespace
to stop at a (train) station
apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment
to begin to fall (rain, etc.)
place near the mountains; hilly section of a city (e.g. Tokyo, Kobe, Yokohama)
moving about; stirring about
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
obedient; gentle; meek; submissive; docile
platform; home; home base; home plate
commonplace; ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; mundane
grave; solemn; stern; authoritative; hard (e.g. fact)
to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
female office worker; office lady; overlap; orienteering
clever; shrewd; crafty; cunning; pretentious; impertinent
degeneration; decadence; deterioration; laxness; corruption
emphasis; highlight; stress; stressed point