upper part; upper stream; upper course of a river; right side of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage left (actor's POV); skillful (in comparisons)
flashy; gaudy; wrapped in cheap flattery
fine food; high-quality food; gourmet; epicure; gastronome
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
series; sequence; keiretsu (group); conglomeration of businesses linked by cross-shareholdings; affiliated; subsidiary
man who doesn't adhere to traditional masculinity, esp. with women and careers; herbivore man
meddling; interference; extending a paw to drag something closer; (arch.) hand; (arch.) arm; (arch.) disfigured arm
generalization; generalisation; popularization; popularisation
rapid increase; sharp rise; proliferation; surge; explosion
opening fully; full throttle; full power
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.
in the company of; accompanied by ...; as a group comprising ...; likes of ...
to turn; to rotate; to go around; to circle; to make the rounds (of); to go around (several places); to go by way of
beep; honk (car horn); buzz (buzzer); boo (wrong answer, like buzzer on quiz shows)
commander-in-chief; Taishōgun (one of the eight gods of the traditional calendar)
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
everything; anything; nothing
to show signs of; to appear
to talk of one's dreams (esp. unrealistic, far-fetched ones); to dream out loud
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
harassment (esp. in workplace); bullying; discrimination
wickedness; evil; iniquity; wrongness
serious reply (response) (e.g. in 2ch threads)
feeling of fellowship; fellow feeling
point of view; viewpoint; angle; visual point (position of the eye in calculations of optical instruments)
the world in general; society; convention
to look at from a biased viewpoint; to look at with a prejudiced eye
to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
establishing proof; demonstration; substantiation
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
line; queue; procession; matrix
to stay in one's heart; to be enduringly memorable; to be unforgettable
(young) hoodlum; delinquent boy; small-time yakuza; brat; little shit
intimidating enough to quieten a crying child
taking no notice (of); showing no interest (in); paying no attention (to); ignoring completely
to make a lasting impression
prejudice; bias; distorted view