work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
animated TV show; cartoon
traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary; fundamentals; the ABCs of ...
counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
name; nameplate; caption; storyboard (of a manga); rough draft
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
plentiful; abundant; ample; lavish
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
clanging; banging; throbbing (headache); pounding; fully; vigorously
January; first month of the lunar calendar
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
twenty-second day of the month; twenty-two days
sale; offering for sale; release (for sale); launch (product)
serialization; serialisation; serial story
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
caricaturing; turning a movie, novel, etc. into a manga; making a comic version of something
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
help; assistance; service
lead in (e.g. to a running joke, asking a question); lead up; pretence (pretense); show; pretending (to)
way; method; means; resource; course
to wear (clothes) stylishly; to dress oneself stylishly
shirt (undergarment); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)
person who gets easily elated (when praised, etc.); person who readily chimes in with others; person who gets carried away easily
pink; erotic (usually used in relation to the sex industry); blue; pornographic
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
roughly; approximately; (cutting) in one stroke; (breaking apart) with vigour; (cutting) deeply; (splitting) wide open
in this manner; in this way; like this
to act cocky; to put on airs; to be full of oneself
rough; casual (clothing); rough (of a golf course); rough sketch; rough draft