interview (i.e. television, newspaper, etc.)
signing; autograph session
heaven and earth; top and bottom
to start (something); to start up; to boot (a computer); to launch (a business)
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
and so; therefore; for that reason
followers; subordinates; being under someone's command
clearly; distinctly; vividly
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to fail to ...; to miss one's opportunity to ...
being postponed; being shelved; being put on hold; putting in storage; thing put in storage
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
life; living; I; me; student
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
to write out; to make a fair copy; to rewrite
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
second part (of three); second volume; middle part; novelette; novella; short novel
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
indeed; really; truly; very much
loveable; very likeable; like very much
interval; space; valley; gorge; loophole (in a wall); crenel
Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
children and grandchildren; posterity; descendants
long thin brown "naoko" mushroom
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
acquisition; obtaining; gaining possession; purchase
major subject; special study