special effects; SFX; tokusatsu; genre of live-action film or television that makes heavy use of practical special effects
to be seen; to be visible; to look; to seem; to come
comparatively; relatively; fairly; rather; pretty; unexpectedly
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
memories; recollections; reminiscence
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
photography (still or motion); photographing; filming; shooting; (video) recording
outflow; effluence; efflux; outflow (of people, capital, etc.); drain (of gold, talent, etc. from a country); leak (e.g. of personal information)
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad
processing technology; processing technique
development; growth; progress; development; expansion (of a typhoon, low-pressure area, etc.); developmental disability
present age; present day; contemporary; modern era; modern times; contemporary era
genuine article; real thing; real deal
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
easy; simple; informal; offhand; cheap
to delineate; to draw; to express; to imagine
boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
information; news; information (data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.); informatics (as a subject)
almost; nearly; hardly; barely; large majority; large proportion
second; secondary; quadratic (function, equation, etc.); second-order; fictional (in relation to anime, manga, etc.); drawn
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
unidentified flying object; UFO
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
forgery; counterfeiting; fabrication; falsification
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
scholar; academic; scientist; learned person; person of learning
testimony; (verbal) evidence
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
magazine; journal; periodical
going through; going via; going by way of
carefully; closely; attentively; profoundly; deeply; at length
husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)
other side; opposite side; other party
clear and beautiful (of a woman's voice)
to speak; to hear a voice
to get tired of; to tire of; to lose interest in; to become sated; to become satiated; to have one's fill
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)