world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
to feel relieved of one's burden; to have a weight removed from one's mind
to see the light of day; to be revealed (to the world); to be realized
process; course; mechanism
distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
reprint; reprinting; second edition
(advance) notice; preliminary announcement; warning; trailer (for a film, TV show, etc.)
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
interview (on television, in a newspaper, etc.)
signing; autograph session
heaven and earth; top and bottom
large river; epic (of a novel, drama, etc.); long-form; large-scale
to start (something); to start up; to launch (a business); to boot (a computer); to launch (a program)
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
and so; therefore; for that reason
followers; subordinates; being under someone's command
derivation; development; offshoot
clearly; distinctly; vividly
to harm; to hurt; to fail to do; to do amiss; to almost do; to come close to doing
being shelved (of a movie, project, etc.); being postponed; being put on hold; putting in storage
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
life; living; I; me; student
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
to write out; to make a fair copy; to rewrite
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.); to restore (a deleted passage; in proofreading)
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
long work; (full-length) novel; feature-length film; long poem
second part (of three); second volume; middle part; novella; short novel
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
indeed; really; truly; very much