to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
to live up to expectations; to meet expectations
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
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
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
Kanagawa prefecture (Kanto area)
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
kitchen; galley; (Internet) troll
face; looks; vestiges; trace
to bring; to take; to bring about
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
light; faint; pale; fleeting
wood (for building); lumber; timber
holiday; day off; furlough; absence (from work)
keepsake; memorabilia; memento
things at hand; personal belongings
evening glow; red sunset; afterglow (of sunset)
words of praise; eulogy; compliment
to fall into (someone's) hands; to fall under someone's control; to become someone's property (e.g. of an object)
mwahahaha (evil laughter)
letting (someone) die without helping
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
to take a veneer off something
touché; you've got me there
one country; whole country; hotheaded; stubborn
to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with