special effects; SFX; tokusatsu (genre of live-action film or television drama that makes heavy use of special effects, e.g. Godzilla)
central part; heart (of a city)
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
to have no chance (of succeeding)
to send out; to forward; to show (a person) out
to kick about; to kick around; to scatter (a crowd, the enemy, etc.); to rout
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
to go on a trip; to go out to play; to go and visit (a friend)
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...
had better ...; had better not ...
image (on a screen); picture (e.g. on a TV); video; film; reflection; image (in one's mind)
to gradually disappear; to be vanishing
to care for (the sick); to nurse; to attend (someone's deathbed)
to tighten; to press hard
hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy
rather; sooner; preferably
to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy
just one person; only one
even if not; even without
trampling down; overrunning; infringement; violation
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand
to let out a cry; to break forth
spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
sobbing; weeping; fit of crying
no chance of; no way that; certainly not; will never happen
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
whatever the case; under any circumstances
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
for some reason or other; somehow or other; by some chance
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial