same person; said person; the person in question; coterie; clique; dōjin
author; writer; novelist; artist
one's first campaign; one's first battle
name; nameplate; caption; storyboard (of a manga); rough draft
plot (of a story); plotting (a graph)
to catch fire; to provoke; to catch fire from; to be ignited
will (urge) to create; creative urge; appetite for writing
manuscript; copy; draft; notes; contribution
voluntary restraints; self-limitation
to feel guilty; to suffer from a guilty conscience; to feel uneasy; to have qualms about; to have scruples about; to feel regret
to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge
coupling; shipping; pairing of characters in a romantic relationship (in fan fiction, manga, etc.)
suicidal tendency; suicidal wish
ingrained habit; second nature
not counting (as anything significant)
abstinence from alcohol; temperance; prohibition of drinking
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited
papermaking; paper manufacture
letterpress printing; moveable type printing
illustration (e.g. book); picture
shunga; erotic or pornographic woodblock prints
groundwork; foundation; inclination; aptitude; undercoat; first coat
fixed idea; idée fixe; stereotype; prejudice
to dis; to diss; to disrespect
accessible; approachable; easy to approach
caricaturing; turning a movie, novel, etc. into a manga; making a comic version of something
four-panel comic strip; yonkoma
account; history; chronicle; Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters
the rise of the curtain; opening (of play); beginning (e.g. of an era); opening (festival, event, etc.)
to concentrate one's effort (on something)
being on duty; person on duty
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
tofu-like dish made with edamame
as (much) as possible; as (far) as possible
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever