these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
out of necessity; with no other option; perforce; unavoidably; reluctantly; unwillingly
nightlife districts; drinking districts
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
manga cafe; coffee shop with a manga library (usu. has Internet facilities and charges by the hour)
unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable
24 hours; twenty-four hours
business; trade; operations; sales
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
manga cafe; coffee shop with a manga library (usu. has Internet facilities and charges by the hour)
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
(a business) open all night
karaoke box; club with individual rooms that can be rented with karaoke machines
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
use; utilization; utilisation; application
to launch; to shoot up; (of waves) to dash; to wash up (ashore); to finish (e.g. a theater run, sumo tournament); to close
to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
discharge (e.g. of water from a dam); release (of young fish into a river, pond, etc.); stocking (a river, etc. with fish); (arch.) banishment; (arch.) exile
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
to insert; to include; to incorporate; to cut in (printing)
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
course; route; course (of study); program; lane (in running, swimming, etc.); course (of action); policy
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life