poverty; penury; want; (arch.) insufficiency; (arch.) shortage; (arch.) deficiency
older sister; elder sister
young person; servant; errand boy in a samurai family; person of lowly status
fashion; fad; vogue; prevalence (e.g. of a disease)
making a killing; making easy money; robbery
to be infatuated (with); to be hooked (on); to lose one's heart (on)
as ... as one can; as ... as possible; as much as possible
to omit; to leave out; to overtake; to pass; to say; to speak
social; societal; societary
exterior; surface; outside; outward appearance; looks
small point; knob; protuberance; aloneness; loneliness; solitude
crash; kurash (wrestling)
full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself
to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble
postponement; deferment; adjournment
friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to commiserate with; to have mercy on
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pathetic; piteous
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up
to be fickle; to be frivolous; to be flippant; to be flighty; to be giddy; to be restless
unsung hero; person who does a thankless task
quarrel; dispute; argument
extremely gruesome; lurid; violent; bloody; fierce
eager; earnest; ardent; OFF (on switch)
to take a peep at; to catch a glimpse of
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
to rain incessantly; to downpour
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.
(arch.) the art of war; (arch.) martial arts; military force; the sword; valor; bravery
(being) within range (radio, commuting, etc.); (being) within the sphere (e.g. of influence)
street; quarter; district; area
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; amusement; hobby
store selling musical instruments
circumference; girth; tour; pilgrimage; circulation (e.g. of blood)