roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)
support; backing; endorsement; propping up; holding up; support
little by little; bit by bit
style (of a work, author, artist, etc.); characteristics
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
light novel; young-adult fiction novel, typically illustrated in a manga art style
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
efforts; exertion; endeavour; assistance; services
to look at each other; to exchange looks; to correspond (to); to be proportionate (to); to be in keeping with
painter; artist; illustrator
(the) positive; yang (in Chinese divination); the open; visible place
complicated; complex; intricate; confusing; difficult; troublesome
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to whinge; to kvetch; to gripe; to complain; to whine
Tsushima (former province located on Tsushima Island in present-day Nagasaki Prefecture); Tsushima (island)
Shōji era (1199.4.27-1201.2.13)
Famicom; Family Computer (abbr); Nintendo Entertainment System; NES
editor (in publishing, etc.)
at any rate; in any case; at the very least; if nothing else
suffering from summer heat; summer heat fatigue
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
special occupation; principal occupation; specialty; monopoly
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
to step forward; to step forth; to advance; to start; to embark on; to set forth on
alternating current; AC; analogue computer (analog); average cost; adult child
in (of a ball; in tennis, etc.); inside the line; in; inside; enter here; enter; back nine
postscript; post scriptum; PS; P.S.
i-mode (mobile internet service run by NTT DoCoMo)
edition; version; plate; block; counter for editions of a publication