funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
to dry (clothes, etc.); to desiccate
water tank; cistern; fish tank; aquarium
swaying; swinging; rocking; shaking; wavering; flickering
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
to gather; to collect; to assemble
to give; to present; to offer; to do for someone's sake
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
fluttering; flapping; (arch.) flickering (light, flame, etc.); frill; piece of thin material
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
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.
great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago
sacred place; holy ground; the Holy Land; real-life location used as a setting in a novel, film, anime, etc.
to revere; to respect; to worship
face; looks; vestiges; trace
your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
main theater of war; principal battlefield
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
factory; plant; mill; workshop
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
Shibuya, a special ward in Tokyo
rise (e.g. of a movement); emergence; rearing one's head; gaining prominence; coming to the fore; gaining power
to drift (to); to be washed ashore
refugee; displaced person; person inconvenienced by (lack of something); person unable to satisfactorily (marry, shop, etc.)
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; immediately; instantly; right away
massing (of troops); gathering
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
to compile; to bring together; to weave; to put together; to bring to a conclusion; to wrap up