study; library; bookstore; bookshop; publishing company
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
March; third month of the lunar calendar
making (book, etc.) into film; making a screen version; adapting for the screen
cumulative total; accumulated total; total up to now
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
amount sold; sales; proceeds; takings; turnover
first day of the month; (arch.) first ten days of the lunar month
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life