pet cat; beloved cat; ailurophilia; fondness for cats
these days; nowadays; recently
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
to engage in; to participate in; to take part in; to be involved in
Okayama prefecture (Chūgoku area)
twenty-third day of the month; twenty-three days
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
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
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
sale; offering for sale; release (for sale); launch (product)
fifteenth day of the month; fifteen days
drawing pictures; painting pictures; taking photographs
turning a film, novel, etc. into a manga
in history; ever; historical
model; pattern; paragon; exemplar
author; writer; novelist; artist
words of thanks; words of gratitude; acknowledgements; apology
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
practice; practising; experience
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
text (of a book, document, etc.); body (of a letter); this passage; this sentence
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
how do you do?; nice to meet you; adieu; farewell; bon voyage
to mix; to combine; to exchange (words, fire, etc.); to cross (e.g. swords); to join together
pleased to meet you; how do you do; my regards (to someone); my greetings; best wishes
(not) by any means; (not) for anything; wouldn't do for anything; had enough; flatly refusing
to teach thoroughly; to instill (into); to instil; to inculcate; to drum (into); to drill (into)
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
power; might; authority; influence
to accept; to receive; to agree
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such