success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
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)
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
stolen goods; loot; spoils
to draw (water); to ladle; to pour (into a cup); to drink (together); to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
to loiter around; to wander about
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
thicket; coppice; brushwood
other self; alter ego; part of oneself (in someone or something else); incarnations of Buddha
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn
fighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge
to fly around; to scatter
semi-transparent; translucent
to taste; to taste of; to have a taste
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point