crescent moon; young moon
making a person, pet, etc. wait (before being permitted to do something); postponement; putting on hold
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
sale; offering for sale; putting on sale; putting on the market; release (for sale)
sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica); evergreen (esp. one planted or used at a shrine)
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
Okayama (city, prefecture)
Tsuyama, a region in the Okayama prefecture
one's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
university graduate; having graduated from university
manuscript; copy; draft; notes; contribution
substance; true form; main part; main unit; object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.); noumenon
superscription (on a letter, parcel, etc.); address; overwriting (data, file, etc.)
bubble on the surface of water; (coming to) nothing; naught; something short-lived
finally; in the end; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
spread; extension; influence; aftereffect; ripple
Tokyo Metropolis (prefecture); Tokyo metropolitan area
painter; artist; illustrator
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual
novice driver mark; V-shaped green and yellow symbol that newly qualified drivers in Japan must display on their cars
underwater; behind closed doors; behind the scenes; below the surface
flutter kick (swimming); the thrash
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
long ago; once upon a time
to be caught (of a wild animal or fish); to be captured; to be able to catch; to be able to win (a title, prize, etc.)
weird; disgusting; sickening
7th in rank; seventh sign of the Chinese calendar
divine grace; divine favour; blessing; benefit; help
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
festival; feast; carnival; matsuri
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
wet nurse; nursing mother
a little; a bit; slightly
husband; groom; (one's) son-in-law
hot topic; talk of the town