novelizing; novelising; adapting a movie, game, etc. into a book
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
appearing one after another; cropping up one after another; occurring in succession
to be taken ill; to be addicted to; to become absorbed in; to give oneself up (to)
renewal; update; innovation; improvement
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
opening to the public; making available to the public; putting on display; exhibiting; showing (play, movie, etc.); holding (interview, etc.)
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
(on the) net; (on the) Internet; (on the) Web
writing (e.g. as a profession)
upstart; parvenu; jumped-up person
to grow in intensity; to be aggravated; to get worse; to develop
Kanagawa prefecture (Kanto area)
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
to require much effort; to be hard to do; to be bone-breakingly hard
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
nervousness; oversensitivity
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim
one thing after another; out of the frying pan and into the fire
count; counting; count of balls and strikes; count (after a knock-down in boxing); count (of radioactivity)
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
stinging; smarting; on edge; nervous; ripping; peeling
to keep a house; to run a household
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
sincerity; true heart; devotion
punishment; judgement; judgment
certain; some kind of; some sort of; of sorts
mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest
older sister; elder sister
(saying) with one voice; unanimously; in chorus; in unison; as one
arrival; coming (e.g. something awaited); advent
period (of life) when one is enjoying more romantic attention than usual
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically
to ripen; to give one's everything; to make one's best effort
which reminds me ...; come to think of it ...; now that you mention it ...; on that subject ...; so, if you say ...
future (usually near); prospects
companion; partner; spouse
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life