to join; to be put together; to combine; to unite; to fit; to close (e.g. of a wound)
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
phonetic symbol; phonogram; phonetic script
hiragana; cursive Japanese syllabary used primarily for native Japanese words (esp. function words, inflections, etc.)
ideogram; ideograph; ideographic script
ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
translation; deciphering; decoding; translation
edition; version; plate; block; editions of a publication
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
startup; booting up; activation; starting (e.g. engine, computer); launch
largish; biggish; a little bit larger
pop; signage; display; billboard (as used to decorate arcade games)
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai
latest; newest; late-breaking (news)
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
day something goes on sale; date of issue; release date
journal; magazine; periodical
monthly publication; monthly issue
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
Clap; Clapp; Klapp; Krapp; Crapp
serialization; serialisation; serial story
very popular; highly favoured
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
prosperity; flourishing; thriving
Common Era; CE; Christian Era; Western (Gregorian) calendar
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
at that time; in those days
national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate
Edo shogunate (1603-1867)
founding a country; opening of a country (e.g. Japan) to the world; ending (a policy of) national seclusion