personality; individuality; TV personality; celebrity
listener (of radio, streaming audio content, etc.); audience
author; writer; novelist; artist
being very popular; being in great demand; octopus dried on skewers
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
(one's) countenance; face
to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)
loss (of assets, profit, etc.)
certain reasons; certain circumstances; professional constraints; (lit.) adult matters
(preliminary) skirmish; prelude; preliminary encounter; warm-up match (e.g. before a final)
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
to extol; to sing the praises of; to celebrate; to declare; to stipulate; to express
making (a manga, video game, etc.) into an animated film or TV series; anime adaptation
special radio or television programme; television special
performer; actor; actress; cast
TV announcer not directly employed by a (single) TV network; freelance announcer
to parry; to sidestep; to dodge
to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
heavy-hearted; depressed; dispirited; (feeling) down; feeling reluctant (to do)
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
Gautama Buddha; Shakyamuni; the historical Buddha
stone; rock; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); (round) game piece
worldview; outlook on the world; Weltanschauung; setting (for a fictional work); world; universe
scene; sight; scenario; setting
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
drama; theatre; theater; play
not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence
announcer; presenter; broadcaster; in-house television talent who does on-location fluff pieces for variety shows
declaration; proclamation; announcement
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
famous scene (in a movie or play)
rustling; dry; rough feeling; rough (of a person); coarse; catching fish with a net
to fold up; to fold into layers; to collapse (content on a webpage, etc.)
order; directive; instructions; command
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter