to act as one pleases; to throw one's weight around; to have everything one's own way
I've got to be going; I must go
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
self-abasement; humility; self-depreciation
good old; good old-fashioned
moving slowly (and dull-wittedly)
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
izakaya; Japanese bar that also serves various dishes and snacks
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
working adult; full-fledged member of society
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
knob; handle; snack (to have with a drink); side dish; a pinch (e.g. of salt); (file) handle
(short) curtain hung at shop entrance; split curtain used to divide spaces in a house; reputation (of a store); good name; goodwill
menu; schedule; program; (computer) menu
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
to hand over; to surrender
end of the fiscal year; end of the school year
to have a meal; to eat; to make a living; to earn one's bread
heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)
quite a chore; not that easy; fairly difficult
tearing; ripping; crunching; munching; stiff; starchy; (working) hard
harsh (criticism, treatment, etc.); severe; hard; strict
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
golden; gold-colored; gold-coloured; honey-colour
change (personnel); transfer; reshuffle
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.
series; sequence; keiretsu (group); conglomeration of businesses linked by cross-shareholdings; affiliated; subsidiary
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
filling (up) a hole; filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap; making up (for a loss, damage, etc.); covering (a deficit); cloze deletion (test format)
cut; reduction; curtailment
payment (system) for medical services
revision (of a rule, price, etc.); alteration; change
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
to continue (going along some trend)