derailment; digression; deviation
caricaturing; turning a movie, novel, etc. into a manga; making a comic version of something
at first; initially; in the beginning
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
newspaper studies; media studies
narrow sense (e.g. of a word)
daily publication; daily issue
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
tankōbon; (manga) volume; (comic) trade paperback; single book (as opposed to magazine, anthology, etc.); separate volume
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
notification; pre-1886 administrative order
notice; bulletin; post; posting; placard
roadside prohibition-edict boards
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
to go down in history; to be recorded in the history books
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
to be matched against (in a sports contest)
witnessing; observing; sighting
tradition; legend; folklore
oral tradition; legend; folklore
future (usually near); prospects
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
reef; sunken rock; unforeseen difficulty
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
division of labor; division of labour; specialization; specialisation; assembly-line production
professional; careerman; worker
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
pursuit (of a goal, ideal, etc.); search; chase; seeking after