binding (of a book); design (of a book cover)
book-cover design; picture on the cover of a book
field; sphere; realm; division; branch
to win; to gain; to earn; to spread (one's name, etc.)
character; personality; (fictional) character; letter; character
confections; sweets; candy; cake
matcha; powdered green tea
potato (Solanum tuberosum)
seventeenth day of the month; seventeen days
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
Shimane prefecture (Chūgoku area)
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
and then; and so; and; so then
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
lonely person; someone who easily succumbs to loneliness
the same; the said; likewise
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
Oobayashi Nobuhiko (1938.1-)
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
counter for books; volume
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
author; writer; novelist; artist
reading matter; reading material
association; society; organization; organisation
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
to rewrite; to overwrite; to renew; to transfer
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
furigana; kana over or beside kanji to indicate pronunciation
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.