unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
association; society; organization; organisation
guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty
to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of
mass production of inferior goods
elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
chain (bicycle, measuring, tire, etc.); chain (store, hotel, etc.)
just; right; pure; genuine; truth
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
cheap article; poor quality article
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
to be based on; to take into account; to build upon; to have one's feet firmly planted on; to plant oneself on
hurdle; hurdle race; hurdles; hurdle; obstacle
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
seductive; carnal; troubling; difficult; anxious; uneasy
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to speak; to say; to vocalize
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
surely; certainly; without doubt
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
business world; business circles; (the) industry
use; utilization; utilisation; application
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
close adhesion; sticking firmly to; relating closely to; having relevance to; contact printing
diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
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.
inter-scholastic athletics competition
overall victory; championship
superman; superwoman; Ubermensch (e.g. Nietzsche's ideal man of the future); overman