mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
flutter kick (swimming); the thrash
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
underwater; behind closed doors; behind the scenes; below the surface
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
sticker for new car drivers
ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
painter; artist; painter supported by patron
Tokyo Metropolis (prefecture); Tokyo metropolitan area
spread; extension; influence; aftereffect; ripple
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
coming to nothing; bubble on the surface of water; something that is short-lived
superscription (on a letter, parcel, etc.); address; overwriting (data, file, etc.)
substance; real form; main part; main unit; this machine; this appliance; object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.)
manuscript; copy; draft; notes; contribution
university graduate; having graduated from university
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
Tsuyama, a region in the Okayama prefecture
Okayama (city, prefecture)
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
indeed; really; truly; very much
sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica); evergreen (esp. one planted or used at a shrine)
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
sale; offering for sale; release (for sale); launch (product)
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
making a person, pet, etc. wait (before being permitted to do something); postponement; putting on hold
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
here and there; this way and that way; everywhere; all over
crime of conscience; premeditated crime; act carried out while knowing that it should not be
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt