steady; sound; solid; reliable; trustworthy
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
Kanagawa prefecture (Kanto area)
to grow in intensity; to be aggravated; to get worse; to develop
upstart; parvenu; jumped-up person
writing (e.g. as a profession)
(on the) net; (on the) Internet; (on the) Web
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
opening to the public; making available to the public; putting on display; exhibiting; showing (play, movie, etc.); holding (interview, etc.)
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
renewal; update; innovation; improvement
to be taken ill; to be addicted to; to become absorbed in; to give oneself up (to)
appearing one after another; cropping up one after another; occurring in succession
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
commerce; trade; business
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
novelizing; novelising; adapting a movie, game, etc. into a book
to live up to expectations; to meet expectations
planning; project; plan; design
stock company; corporation; kabushiki kaisha; KK
Liao (dynasty, 916-1125 CE); Khitan Empire
Kōhei era (1058.8.29-1065.8.2)
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
more and more; increasingly; extremely; very
contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.); submission; post (on a blog, social media, etc.)
site (usu. website); sight; payable on sight
improvement (to a piece of writing or painting); revision; correction; touching up