cartoonist; comic book artist; manga artist; manga author; mangaka
turning a film, novel, etc. into a manga
later; afterwards; future; after one's death; (arch.) descendant
to handle; to manage; to deal with; to rear; to look after
company; corporation; workplace
Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill
break (rest); break (tennis, boxing, snooker, etc.); suddenly becoming popular; becoming a hit
placing in a list (top ten, popularity, sales, etc.)
light novel; young-adult illustrated fiction
deep red; crimson; rouge; lipstick
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
application; subscription; entry (competition, raffle, etc.); enlistment
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
attending (school, college, etc.); being enrolled; being a student
residing; living; dwelling
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
finish; completion; the end
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
to cause laughter; to extract a smile
to bark; to howl; to howl (e.g. of the wind); to roar; to yell; to cry
telephone receiver; telephone mouthpiece; making a telephone call; receiving a telephone call
free action; free activity; acting at one's own discretion; taking one's own course; free hand; independent action
to not believe one's ears
couscous; cuscus (variety of phalanger)
it's been a long time; long time no see
to affect a stylish air; to try to look good; to show off
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
not necessarily; not entirely; not altogether
to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate
to have two things (at the same time) (e.g. good and bad points); to also have something (in addition to something else)