even if not; even without
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
addressing (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan" (considered impolite)
conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (e.g. light); convergence
parting gift; remembrance; aftereffect
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
Kanagawa prefecture (Kanto area)
to grow in intensity; to be aggravated; to get worse; to develop
upstart; parvenu; jumped-up person
writing (e.g. as a profession)
(on the) net; (on the) Internet; (on the) Web
opening to the public; making available to the public; putting on display; exhibiting; showing (play, movie, etc.); holding (interview, etc.)
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
to be taken ill; to be addicted to; to become absorbed in; to give oneself up (to)
appearing one after another; cropping up one after another; occurring in succession
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
commerce; trade; business
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
novelizing; novelising; adapting a movie, game, etc. into a book