poverty; penury; want; (arch.) insufficiency; (arch.) shortage; (arch.) deficiency
making a country prosperous; prosperous country; Kōkoku era (of the Southern Court; 1340.4.28-1346.12.8)
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
original author (of a work)
high spirits; gleeful mood
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
standalone book (i.e. not part of an anthology, series, etc.); (book published as a) single volume; tankōbon; individual volume of a manga series
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
media franchising; media mix (advertising strategy); mixed media
making (a manga, video game, etc.) into an animated film or TV series; anime adaptation
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
really; truly; very; extremely; exceedingly; sincerely
to allow oneself to ...; to take the liberty of ...; it is presumed that; (I, we) presume that; on one's own accord; by one's arbitrary decision
no matter how you look at it; no matter how you slice it; clearly; obviously; surely; without a doubt
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
last resort; desperate measure taken under the pressure of necessity
presentation (of a passport, ID, etc.); showing; production (e.g. of documents); presentation (of a plan, response, etc.); bringing up; citing (an example)
remarkable; striking; obvious
to give (an example); to list; to summon up (e.g. all of one's energy); to gather; to arrest (a criminal); to capture; to nominate (e.g. for a position)
highlight (scene); high point; climax; show-off scene (of an actor in a play)
to cut up; to cleave; to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something; (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
entrance (on the stage); appearance (in a book, film, etc.); appearance (on the scene); arrival (on the market); emergence
therefore; for that reason; such being the case
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
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.)
animated film released direct-to-video
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
to complain persistently; to gripe; to grumble; to die
judging from appearances; to all appearances; from the looks of it; on the face of it; apparently; seemingly
the whole year; all the year
news (from someone); word; letter; tidings; contact
(the) mainstream; main course (of a river); main stream
broadcasting; broadcast; program; announcement
form; shape; figure; morph
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
mochi; small rice cake made from glutinous rice
after the end (of something)
brilliant achievement; spectacular feat; splendid accomplishment; remarkable deed
to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class