nice; good; well-executed
committee; commission; board; panel; committee meeting
every year; yearly; annually
freshly pounded (rice cake); fresh from the mortar
mochi; small rice cake made from glutinous rice
combination; assortment; matching (in a contest); pairing; combination
mochi; small rice cake made from glutinous rice
to burst into bud; to sprout; to have a crush (esp. on a fictional character, idol, etc.); to be infatuated
sprouting; budding; young shoot; moe; fascination; infatuation (esp. towards anime and manga characters)
origin of an affair; spark that lit the fuse; beginning
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal (e.g. to the public); to urge; to exhort
improvement in image (of someone or something); improving one's image
society for the study of manga; manga club
to print; to color or pattern fabric using a wooden mold
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to add up to; to advance (in price)
diminutive used with names, etc.; diminutive adjective ending
cosplay (dressing up as a character from an anime, manga, video game, etc.)
(inflectional) ending of a word; end of a sentence
point (of a story, argument, etc.); key point; point; site; point (in scoring); point (in a loyalty program); points
to be saved up (of money)
goods; merchandise; commercial items
to draw (original illustrations, artwork, etc.); to draw specially (for)
sealing hermetically; sealing (up)
centre; center; center fielder
small present; trifling gift; gift given out by companies to customers as a token of gratitude; marketing incentive; (arch.) inferior goods; (arch.) low-quality article
alternating between happiness and anxiety; swinging between joy and sorrow; being glad and sad by turns; oscillating between optimism and pessimism
to be duplicated; to be repeated; to overlap; to fall together (of dates, etc.); to repeat (a failed course, school year, etc.); to make a double play
line-up (of players, products, etc.); lineup
painter; artist; drawing pictures; doodling; painting
tie-up (e.g. between companies); tie-in; collaboration; partnership; cooperation
contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause); paying tribute; tribute