to go upstream; to go up (a river); to go back (to the past or origin); to date back (to); to trace back (to)
interruption; suspension; break
novel; story; (work of) fiction
three years; third school year (e.g. of high school)
work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape); extraction (of compressed data)
party (social gathering); party (group of people participating in an activity, esp. mountain climbing); (political) party
theatre; theater; playhouse
opening to the public; making available to the public; exhibiting; unveiling; release (of a film, information, etc.); disclosure
edition; version; plate; block; counter for editions of a publication
movie version (based on TV series, anime, etc.); the movie
donjara; ponjan; simplified children's version of mahjong
denouement; ending; conclusion; (grand) finale
liking very much; loving (something or someone); adoring; being very fond of
one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; one's time (to act); one's chance
great joy; delight; jubilation
protagonist; main character; hero; head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)
to go astray; to become corrupt; to go bad
traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers; crown; diadem; top kanji radical; first verse of a haikai, etc.; best; peerless
Satan; the Devil; the Prince of Darkness; king of the demons who try to prevent people from doing good
being rampant; domination
wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
assassin; candidate fielded by a political party to oust an incumbent of the same party
big snake; (large) serpent
afterwards; at a later time; later on; after some time
gamebook; choose your own adventure book
main cause; primary factor
bronze color; copper color
Wizardry (role-playing video game series)
supplementary biography; anecdote; side story; spin-off
record of war; war chronicle; commentaries of war; military history
summary site; aggregation site; type of site which features summaries of online discussion threads and blogs
library; book collection; paperback book
publicity; advertisement; advertising; propaganda
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like