nobleman; dignitary; feudal lord (of the Edo period); daimyō; man brought up away from the world; arrogant man with little knowledge of the ways of the world
grasshopper; locust (of superfamily Acridoidea)
macrocosmos; macrocosm; the universe; the cosmos
light novel; young-adult illustrated fiction
wrong; different; not like that
non-virgin woman; woman with sexual experience
to pull out; to draw out; to disconnect; to steal contents of; to pilfer (from); to pickpocket
horseback riding; sitting astride; straddling
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
invincible; unrivaled; unrivalled; matchless; unbeatable; undefeatable
membership; membership rights; franchise; seat (e.g. stock exchange)
to palm off; to force a sale
display and sale of new products
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.
good; goodness; right; virtue
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
one arm; one's right-hand man; one's right hand
leader of the pack (of a group of kids); neighborhood bully (neighbourhood)
(inflected) end of a word; end of a sentence
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
shivering; feeling chilly; shuddering (with fear); feeling creepy; thrilled; excited
sister-in-law (spouse's younger sister or younger brother's wife); younger stepsister; younger adopted sister; non-blood-related younger sister
to break through (e.g. one's doubts); to become unbound by (e.g. the past); to allay (e.g. anger); to burst (e.g. a boil)
inconvenient; inexpedient; unfavourable; wrong; improper; objectionable
unprecedented; record-breaking
boom; rage; fad; boom; cross-arm
unable to read the situation; unable to pick up on the mood (e.g. of a conversation)
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired
putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
forced laugh; forced smile
no need to guess; certainly
escape from reality; escapism; ostrichism