cartoonist; comic book artist; manga artist; manga author; mangaka
Okayama prefecture (Chūgoku area)
twenty-third day of the month; twenty-three days
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
ramen; Chinese-style noodles
(talent) scout; recruiter; scouting; headhunting; Boy Scouts; Girl Scouts
editor (in publishing, etc.)
to grow in intensity; to be aggravated; to get worse; to develop
citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)
Saitama prefecture (Kanto area)
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
sixteenth day of the month; sixteen days
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
for the present; for the time being; for a while (from now); for some time (to come)
beyond that point; after that
hand; arm; handwriting; penmanship; 'shake' (command to have a dog place its paw in your hand)
author; writer; novelist; artist
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
here and there; this way and that way; everywhere; all over
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
pretty; charming; lovely; adorable
copy (of the real thing); copying; reproduction; tracing
this world; this life; world of the living
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable; refreshing
words of thanks; words of gratitude; acknowledgements; apology
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
name of an imperial era (e.g. Heisei, Shōwa); Japanese era name
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour