to live up to expectations; to meet expectations
novelizing; novelising; adapting a movie, game, etc. into a book
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
commerce; trade; business
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
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)
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
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 harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
extermination; expulsion; destruction
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
to view (cherry) blossoms; to look at flowers
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
to be in full bloom; to blossom in full glory; to be in fullness of bloom
notes; comment; remark; annotation
just because; even if; even though
freely; at liberty; at will; as one likes
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
gooseflesh; goose pimples; goose bumps
suddenly and in a loud voice (e.g. sobbing)
to love; to cherish; to show favouritism to; to be partial to; to fondle; to caress
sister complex; excessive attachment to one's sister; audio component system; stereo component system
out of the question; outrageous; impossible; irrelevant; not pertinent
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively