nice to meet you; I'm glad to make your acquaintance; how do you do?
new rice; first rice crop of the year; novice; beginner; newcomer
light novel; young-adult fiction novel, typically illustrated in a manga art style
author; writer; novelist; artist
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to say; to be called; to do
debut work; one's first work
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
the place one comes from; one's birthplace; one's hometown
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
Kantō (region comprising Tokyo and surrounding prefectures); Kantō (eastern half of Japan; during the feudal era)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
manufacturer (esp. a major company); producer; maker; maker (person or device that makes something)
factory; plant; mill; workshop
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
person around thirty years old (esp. a woman)
university student; college student
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
carefully; closely; attentively; profoundly; deeply; at length
novel; story; (work of) fiction
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
in this way; like this; this (much); so; uh; er
small-format paperback book; pocket paperback
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that