enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; amusement; hobby
Tokyo Metropolis (prefecture); Tokyo metropolitan area
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
Chiba prefecture (Kanto area)
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
cartoonist; comic book artist; manga artist; manga author; mangaka
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
chief; main; principal; important
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
Lotte (Japanese-Korean confection company)
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
examination; quiz; test; tryout; rehearsal (in filming)
summons; summonsing; citation; subpoena; arraigning; calling
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
Okayama prefecture (Chūgoku area)
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
boy raised by wolves; boy who cried wolf
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
electric shock; blitz; lightning attack; sudden and without warning; shocking
serialization; serialisation; serial story
binding (of a book); design (of a book cover)
Alice; Alliss; Alyce; Arisu
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
chairman; moderator; toastmaster; master of ceremonies; chairperson; host (of a TV show, etc.)
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
to order; to command; to appoint
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be jealous; to be envious
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
hat shop; hat store; hatter; hatmaker
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
to have a talk; to tell a story