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
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)
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
(Internet) troll; disturber; raising havoc; laying waste; robbery; holdup
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)
to be rested; to feel at ease; to repose; to be relieved
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
after this; henceforth; henceforward; from now on
curiosity; inquisitiveness
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
getting tired of; getting sick of; getting bored with; getting fed up with
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
turn (in line); order of things; sequential order
to be born again; to make a fresh start in life
front; frontage; facade; main
very much; very many; more and more
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
true character; real nature
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
attachment (esp. to things); love; affection