devotion; dedication; self-sacrifice
special effects; SFX; tokusatsu (genre of live-action film or television drama that makes heavy use of special effects, e.g. Godzilla)
program (e.g. TV); programme
feature (e.g. newspaper); special edition; report
front; frontage; facade; main
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
to recall; to remember; to recollect
while; even though; despite
technique; art; skill; move
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost
(in gagaku or noh) middle section of a song
to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted; to be exasperated
shooting; firing; emitting; ejection; projection; injection
three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
restoration; return; reduction; resolution; deoxidization
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
antiquity; the previous era
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
hidden (talents, etc.); self-concealment; self-effacement
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
settlement; solution; resolution
diamond (mineral, gemstone); diamond; infield; diamond (card suit)
impact (on); (strong) impression; effect; impact (of a ball against a racket, bat, club, etc.)
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
major; large; the Major Leagues; Major League Baseball; major (key, scale, etc.); (oil) major
tirthika; non-Buddhist teachings; heterodoxy; unorthodoxy; demon; devil
superhero in a tokusatsu TV show (e.g. Ultraman, Kamen Rider)
and yet; though; when; in spite of