firmly; solidly; heartily
to put one's strength into
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
My goodness (expresses surprise, wonder, etc.); very; extremely
pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
flapping; rattling; (running) with a clatter; noisily; (falling) one after another; in quick succession; busily
funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd
to have steady nerves; to gain courage; to become brave; to become confident
courage; bravery; pluck; nerve; grit; guts
to speak; to hear a voice
to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect
to jump out; to leap out; to appear (suddenly); to emerge; to protrude; to project
(in) the air; midair; sky
stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, a licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
lightly (floating); buoyantly; puffing (on a pipe, cigarette, etc.); tooting (a trumpet, horn, etc.); blowing (a flute, whistle)
head and body; heads tall (ratio of total height to length of the head); heads long
distortion (often used for caricature in manga, etc.); deformation
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front
feeling heavy in the head; heavy-headed; sick with worry
rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative; producing a negative from a positive
swaying; swinging; rocking; shaking; wavering; flickering
to come off (of a button, handle, lid, etc.); to go away (of a fever, pain, swelling, etc.); to disappear; to be harvested; to be picked; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into
children's (TV) show; children's program
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
big hit (with); great success; great reception; great popularity; catching on greatly
young child; toddler; child over 1 but not yet of school age
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
suffix for familiar person
special effects; SFX; tokusatsu; genre of live-action film or television that makes heavy use of practical special effects
to await; to wait for; to expect
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
gap; opening; break; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
to shake and untangle; to shake free from
clearly (standing out); distinctly; sharply; boldly; in sharp relief
to tag along; to follow; to tail; to shadow
inside this; in this; in here; among these; of this group; out of these
to abbreviate; to abridge; to omit; to leave out; to take; to capture
normal operation (of a train service, bus service, etc.); running normally; normal state of affairs; business as usual
just because; even if; even though
delivery; transfer; hand-over
maintenance; servicing; putting in place; development; improvement
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense