story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
turning point; turnaround point (e.g. in a race); turning back point
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
family precepts; family motto; rule of the home
payment of a sum twice the original; giving back a gift double the value of the one received; repaying twofold; inflicting a revenge twice as hurtful (painful, costly, etc.) as the original misdeed
summer cold (illness); summer flu
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
life; living; I; me; student
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
first day of the month; (arch.) first ten days of the lunar month
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
Libra (constellation); the Scales
type B (blood, influenza, hepatitis, etc.)
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
refinement; elegance; grace
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
writing (e.g. as a profession)
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
most important work (of a writer, artist, etc.); representative work; masterpiece
written work (esp. a bound text, as opposed to a scroll); a text written entirely in kana; graphic novel (esp. one created between the 12th and 19th centuries); notebook (for practicing kana, drawing pictures, etc.); rough draft
the seven treasures (gold, silver, pearls, agate, crystal, coral, lapis lazuli); cloisonne ware; shippō pattern (of overlapping circles); shippō emblem
absent-mindedness; stupor; stupefaction; fainting
stone monument bearing an inscription (esp. memorial for future generations); stele; stela
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
March; third month of the lunar calendar
twenty-sixth day of the month; twenty-six days
Aries (constellation); the Ram
cartoonist; comic book artist; manga artist; manga author; mangaka
pleasant smell; aroma; fragrance; pleasant-smelling vegetation
clinical (e.g. pathology, physiology)