business district; shopping district; bustling street; shopping centre; shopping center; downtown
karaoke box; club with individual rooms that can be rented with karaoke machines
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
economical; comparatively cheap
handy; convenient; suitable; reasonable; moderate
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
ignorance; inexperience; unfamiliarity
model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)
(computer) monitor; consumer who comments on products, television programs, etc. (programmes); program or utility that monitors a program or activity
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
facing; opposite; across the street; other side
handsome; shapely; clean-cut (features); decent; proper; correct
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
Japanese sword (usu. single-edged and curved); Japanese bladed weapon
handsome young man; Adonis
sorrow; grief; anguish; trouble; affliction; anxiety
to become famous; to make a name for oneself
historical play; period drama
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
role of the villain; the bad guy
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
to give an answer; to find an answer to a question; to work out a solution
this one; this way; this method
to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable
cola (carbonated soft drink); kola tree (Cola acuminata, etc.); cola tree
rumor that appears to be quite true (rumour)