picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
painter; artist; painter supported by patron
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
Tokyo Metropolis (prefecture); Tokyo metropolitan area
notice; attention; observation
cornerstone; main point; requirement; need; necessary; required
last; final; end; conclusion; rust
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
university graduate; having graduated from university
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
Tsuyama, a region in the Okayama prefecture
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
Okayama (city, prefecture)
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
in preparation; (shop) not yet open for business
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
to be much obliged (to someone); to receive favor (favour); to be indebted; to be grateful
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
in line with this; therefore
trouble; bother; annoyance
manuscript; copy; draft; notes; contribution
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to hit; to run into; to light on; to strike into; to come against; to deadlock
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to keep secret; to conceal
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick