GetBackers/ゲットバッカズ

gettobakkazu (ゲットバッカズ) - GetBackers

dakkanya (だっかんや、奪還屋) - retrieval service, GetBackers
from dakkan suru (だっかんする、奪還する) - recapture

There are a lot of different agencies that compete against each other in the GetBackers. The main characters find lost things and bring them back. The services themselves all end with the suffix -ya/屋 to indicate that they are an agency that performs that type of service.

mamoruya (まもるや、守る屋) - protection service; from mamoru (まもる、守る) - protect
hakobiya (はこびや、運び屋) - transport service; from hakobu (はこぶ、運ぶ) - carry, convey

Okay, so maybe there aren't that many different services. But it always seems like a lot when they are going up against each other.

Random words of the day:
tareru (たれる、垂れる) - droop
konomi (このみ、好み) - preference, inclination; different kanji (木の実) - nut

On a different note, I've decided to keep the new dictionary, because apparently there aren't that many good Japanese-English/English-Japanese dictionaries out there. The one I'd used at school is probably still the most comprehensive and easiest to use. This new one has more words I come across in anime and manga, probably because it's more recent by ten years. I've noticed that the registration for the blue headwords they advertise is a little off on some pages--the blue bumps up against the black, or the spacing is off-center. I guess it's okay, though, because I'm getting used to using it, and I've even made use of the kanji section in front.