your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
comics or novels about male homosexuality, targeted at young women
beating (of the heart, with joy, excitement, etc.); palpitation; throbbing; pounding; fluttering
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
one's house; one's home; one's family
practice kit; practice board; practice partner; training partner
wildly different (in ability, strength, etc.); on another level; in a different league; of different heights; uneven
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable
circumference; girth; tour; pilgrimage; circulation (e.g. of blood)
(instruction) manual; handbook
to tinker with; to fumble with; to twist up
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.
one's own work; making by oneself
term; terminology; wording; choice of words; phraseology
dictionary of terminology; glossary
stoic; stoical; self-disciplined; abstemious; Stoic (philosopher)
network; Internet; net (hair, netball, etc.); net (price, weight, etc.); nett
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
brood parasitism (planting one's eggs in another bird's nest, as demonstrated by the cuckoo, etc.)
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
only; prostitute attached to a single member of the postwar Occupation Forces
these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)
service; help; discount; discounted item; free service; freebie; service
to rank (as); to occupy (a position); to be located (in); to be situated
depression; recession; slump
when one door is shut, another is open; the world is as kind as it is cruel
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
to pick up; to find; to gather
lazy; idle; indolent; slothful
snail's pace; (lit.) ox walk
certainly; absolutely; (not even) a little bit; diligently; dreams
manga on the theme of male homosexual love
underground website (often critical or containing unofficial information)
worldly desires; evil passions; appetites of the flesh; klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
having one's hands full; not having any room to do more; at the limit
geisha; professional female entertainer, usu. at traditional banquets
elderly woman; senior lady-in-waiting