serious; not joking; straight
scene; sight; scenario; setting
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
departure (of a boat, plane); setting sail; leaving port; putting out to sea; takeoff
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
measuring by feel; adjusting by feel; doing by feel; adapting to the situation (one's strength, strictness, etc.); making allowances; using discretion
to miss (capturing); to fail to catch; to let slip
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
originally; by nature; from the start
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
Akiba; colloquial shortening of Akihabara
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
to pass (of time); to elapse
private; non-governmental; non-official; folk; popular
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
company; corporation; workplace
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
sound of the wind; voice of the wind
since when; from when; how long
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
hard-to-get-into university; elite university; highly-selective university
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
criticism; judgement; judgment; comment
nature; natural constitution; innate disposition
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation