optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
genius; prodigy; natural gift
product; produce; result; fruit
to hit the mark; to hit the nail on the head
(one) could even say that
to investigate thoroughly; to examine closely; to probe into; to be obsessed with a thought; to brood over; to worry about
talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; frivolous talk
continuation; succession; series
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
state-of-the-art; cutting-edge
retro; nostalgic; old-fashioned
cost performance; cost effectiveness; price-performance ratio; value for money; bang for one's buck
postrecording (dialogue or sounds); post-synchronization; dubbing; automated dialogue replacement; ADR
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
cut; reduction; curtailment
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
complementary color; complementary colour
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
to talk; to chat; to chatter
four (long cylindrical things)
on-the-spot filming or photography; live filming (as opposed to animation); actual picture (as opposed to a drawing); real picture or story (as opposed to fiction, imaginary scene, etc.); describing actual scenes (in writing, drawings, paintings, etc.)
advantage; point in favor; point in favour
to increase; to add to; to augment
disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty
to assemble; to set up; to construct
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
the other day; a few days ago
next volume (of a book, comic, etc.)
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; appearing on the cover of a magazine
otherwise; or else; if not
script; libretto; scenario
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
mob; crowd of people; background character (in a manga, anime, etc.); mob (in a video game); non-player character
symbol; code; sign; notation
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
to hold back others from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage
distortion (often used for caricature in manga, etc.); deformation
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
(on the) net; (on the) Internet; (on the) Web
secret story; unknown episode
making-of; behind-the-scenes; making; creating