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.
retribution; retributive justice; karma; just deserts; poetic justice; reward and punishment for one's past behavior
falling (down) unconscious; fainting (and collapsing)
dead end; blind alley; no through road (i.e. on signage); end; end of the road; end point
everywhere; everywhere one goes; wherever one goes
change of course (of a ship); steering
bad taste; poor taste; gaudiness; nastiness; nasty behaviour; perverse disposition
bullying (the weak); bully
same crime; being equally guilty; bearing the same amount of responsibility
to take (someone) to task; to tell off severely; to give a good talking-to; to scold
to claim victims; to leave casualties
trial; judgement; judgment
discretion; judgement; judgment
without compensation; without reward; without pay; free (of charge)
speech; eloquence; manner of speaking; manner of expression
to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil
hiding place; (arch.) genitals
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
joint ownership; co-ownership; sharing (e.g. a viewpoint); sharing (files, devices on a network, posts on social media, etc.)
sister-in-law (spouse's older sister or older brother's wife); older stepsister; older adopted sister; non-blood-related older sister
to be awash with; to teem with; to be full of
to be turned up; to be turned inside out; to ride up; to be lifted (e.g. by wind)
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) han (unit of land area, approx. 595.8 m^2)
practicality; utility; usefulness
germ; germs; bacteria; something dirty or harmful; vermin
people with a pure and innocent image (esp. actresses, singers, etc.)
ennui; languishing; feeling of exhaustion; lassitude; lethargy
shunga; erotic or pornographic woodblock prints
cutting (cloth, paper, etc.); judgement; judgment; decision
small pieces; fragments; chopped meat; scraps (of beef, pork, etc.)
garbage bag; trash bag; bin bag
storage; putting away; receipt (of funds, payment, etc.); harvesting
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke
foods topped with grated yam
standoffishly; primly; pungently (of a smell); acridly; long and pointed (e.g. of a nose); popping (of ears)
racing form; racing (news)paper
(sound of) wind blowing through pine trees
mouse; rat; dark gray; slate gray