January; first month of the lunar calendar
sale; offering for sale; putting on sale; putting on the market; release (for sale)
within the country; inside the county; domestic; home; internal
ranking; toplist (e.g. of WWW sites)
(establishing a) big lead; (winning by a) huge margin; breaking away (from the field)
superior (in rank); top; higher order (e.g. byte); host computer (of connected device)
sexagenary cycle; 60-term cycle of 12 zodiac animals combined with 5 elements in the traditional Chinese calendar; currently used in Japan for years, historically also for days; 12-year Chinese zodiac
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
new record (in sports, etc.)
counter for books; volume
to publish a book; to put out a book
original (written) work (i.e. a new novel, play, music, etc.); newly written work; specially written work; writing (a new work) specially (for a publication, film, exhibition, etc.)
person in the same line of business; people in the same trade; the trade; the profession
heated argument; heated discussion; heated debate
frequent; continual; constant; great; intense; strong
dense; dim; dull-witted; unsympathetic; slow to understand; slow on the uptake
trouble; bother; annoyance
to abandon; to give up on; to desert
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
big thanks; great gratitude
everyone; everybody; ladies and gentlemen
overflowing; effusive; exuberant; bountiful
stock; inventory; stocking up (e.g. on food); (soup) stock; stock; share; stock (point-in-time economic quantity)
bad mannered; naughty; misbehaving
to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels; to be self-complacent
to attach; to stick together; to place together; to put side by side; to make (someone) get married; to get (someone) hitched
violent (fight); slashing and striking; hand-to-hand
to be confusing; to be different from what one is used to
foolish look; stupid look
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
replenishment; supplementation; supplement; replacement; refilling
to say time and time again; to say till you're blue in the face
mischief; (child's) prank; (extramarital) affair
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
work (film, book); production; creation; turning (something) out