advertisement; advertising; announcement; notice
to take advantage (e.g. of a weak situation); to size up (e.g. customer when setting a high price)
paving (a road); surfacing (with asphalt, concrete, etc.); pavement
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.
not straightforward; not dealt with by ordinary means
ratio; proportion; percentage
striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; acting as though one owns the place; throwing one's weight around
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
everybody; every last one of them; all
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of
stubble; unshaven face; beard one has because one is too lazy to shave; 5-o'clock shadow
being obtrusive; being conspicuous (in a bad way)
surprisingly; stunningly; astonishingly; wonderfully
when it comes to; concerning
operation (of machine); operating; running; working
safe; vault; storage cabinet
robust; brawny; muscular; strong; sturdy
calvaria; area at top of head; parietal
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
pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth
fascinating; voluptuous; bewitching; captivating
feminine features; having a girl's face (for a man); girly face
the opposite sex; isomerism
bounce; spring; momentum; impetus; moment; instant
astonished; stunned; startled out of one's wits; thunderstruck; open-eyed astonishment
he; she; samurai's attendant (in a var. of origami); type of popular song accompanied by dance from the Edo period
presentation (e.g. of a gift)
to exchange; to swap; to barter; to replace; to substitute
thirtieth day of the month; thirty days
addition; supplement; appending; appendix
resignation; acceptance; consolation
to twirl; to spin; to fiddle with; to change (e.g. wording)
wholly (due to); entirely; solely; earnestly; intently; sincerely
cancellation; withdrawal; asking to be excused; begging off; not taking