reception (e.g. of visitors); dealing with
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
character; personality; (fictional) character; letter; character
animation; animated film; animated cartoon
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
5,000,000; five million; (arch.) many
initial budget; original budget
Department of Defense (USA); the Pentagon; Ministry of Defence (UK, etc.)
name (esp. on a deed, contract, etc.); moral duty; justification; pretext
paltry sum of money; small change; odd money; pittance; chicken feed
freely; frankly; without reserve
studio apartment; studio flat
university student; college student
Bizen (former province located in the southeast of present-day Okayama Prefecture)
excellent; superb; first-rate
dōjinshi; magazine published by like-minded people; fanzine; zine
Comic Market (semiannual self-published comic book convention); comiket; comic book market; comicbook market
specialist shop; shop specializing in a few types of product
selling out; being sold out
four-panel comic strip; yonkoma
trio; gang of three; threesome
attractive body; nice-looking body
manuscript fee; payment for a piece of writing
one large ...; a great ...
information technology; IT
rearranging; remodeling; remodelling
using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on
cyberattack; cyber attack; cyber-attack; hacking attack
to feel blessed to be in one's position; to be thankful for one's good fortune
explosive; sudden and dramatic (of an increase in sales, popularity, etc.); explosive; rapid
to continue to increase; to continue to mount