light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
absolutely; unconditionally; never (with neg. verb)
another meeting; meeting again; reunion
two times; twice; two degrees
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
China and Japan; the middle day; the equinoctial day
each newspaper; every newspaper
serialization; serialisation; serial story
improvement (to a piece of writing or painting); revision; correction; touching up
writing something on commission; newly written text
quotation; citation; reference
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
binding (of a book); design (of a book cover)
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
Kanagawa prefecture (Kanto area)
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
Taurus (constellation); the Bull
type B (blood, influenza, hepatitis, etc.)
first rank in the senior class (in martial arts, go, etc.); lowest rank; one dan
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
department (faculty) of literature
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
Hyogo prefecture (Kinki area) (Hyougo)
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time