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
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
anything and everything; just about everything
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
bad luck; bad fortune; evil; wickedness
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
cannot (do); it is impossible that...; it is (highly) unlikely that...
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed
straight; directly; voyage; journey; straight road
by all means; by all costs
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
horseplay; fooling around
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
clear; precise; definite; distinct
relocation of the capital; transfer of the capital
(political) power; authority; influence
my goodness!; oh my!; oh dear!
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned