September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
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.
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
as usual; as is one's habit
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
war; battle; match; game; competition
division (of a larger group); branch; field; class (subclass); group; category
participation; joining; entry; adherence
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
to win through (e.g. to the next round); to win game after game; to achieve a final victory; to fight to the end and win; to come out on top
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
to gain experience; to get accustomed (with something)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
play; recreation; play (theatre); performance; staging; praying
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
(stage) appearance; performance; participation (e.g. in a tournament)
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least