special effects; SFX; tokusatsu (genre of live-action film or television drama that makes heavy use of special effects, e.g. Godzilla)
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
action of making something; -ification
good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend
to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard
three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)
sphere; counter for balls
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
trembling; getting nervous; excited; thrilled
daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision
minor; small; minor (key, scale, etc.); the minor leagues (US baseball)
Enomoto Ken'ichi (1904.10.11-1970.1.7)
Furukawa Roppa (1903.8.13-1961.1.16)
mimicry; imitation (of someone, something)
symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); certain; unnamed; undisclosed
rōkyoku; naniwabushi; recitation of stories accompanied by samisen
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
Hanabishi Achako (1897.7.10-1974.7.25)
to perform; to play; to act
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
not understanding; not knowing
readership; target audience (of a magazine)
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
program (e.g. TV); programme
entertainer (esp. in a traditional art); performer; artiste; talented person; accomplished person
shumai; shaomai; steamed meat dumpling (Chinese-style)
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost