to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
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
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
way (of doing things); method; style; school (e.g. of poetry)
to be present (esp. during a birth); to be witness to
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
to rebuke; to scold harshly
home area; home town; local
the way back; the way home; return trip
to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival
to look toward; to have one's eyes drawn towards something
wish; dream; prayer; one's desire
to put one's palms together (e.g. when praying or asking for something); to place one's hands together; to compete against somebody; to play (a game, match, etc.) against somebody
succession; continuation; series; sequence
shooting star; falling star; meteor; blaze (wide white stripe down the face of a horse)
star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)
hot-spring cure; taking the baths
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
clearly; plainly; distinctly; decisively; flatly; definitely
temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction
(relating to) gender; sex; sexual
to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around