particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
extensive knowledge; erudition
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently
(dying of) natural causes
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
within expectations; as expected; within the scope of hypothesis or assumption
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
electrical outlet; wall socket; power plug
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
voluntary; optional; free; elective
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
to have one's heart stop beating; to be shocked; to be staggered
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
selling on the market (in the marketplace, in stores, etc.); making something commercially available; commercial (e.g. software); over-the-counter; off-the-shelf
output (electrical, signal, etc.)
remodeling; remodelling; restructuring; modding
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.
meeting hall; assembly hall
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
kind, careful, and thorough (of an explanation, advice, etc.); thoughtful and scrupulous
(for) self-defense; (for) self-protection
wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to feel emotions from (joy, bravery, etc.); to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)
cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop
slaughter (of livestock for meat); butchery