dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
just you wait and see (as a threat)
comical (story, song); comic; the comedy business (rakugo, manzai, etc.); something laughable
long-awaited; long-waited-for; someone who has waited a long time; something that one has waited impatiently for
to be cut out for (e.g. a job); to be suited (to)
leadoff batter; first batter; first person appearing (witness, performer, etc.)
whether one likes it or not; whether willing or not; willy-nilly
practice; practising; experience
to get involved or entangled in; to get mixed up in; to have something to do with; to have dealings with
(can you) spare a little time (to speak)?; (do you) have a moment (to speak)?
the dark side; the seamy side
sniff; sniff-sniff (esp. an animal); whining; whimpering
slow-witted person; dimwit; halfwit; faded, dull-colored eggplant
bold; shameless; cheeky; brash; impudent
sitting on the floor grasping one's knees (as in a gym class)
with intense concentration; eagerly; intently; devouringly
just as (each) one likes; as (each) one pleases; as (each) one prefers; (each) in one's own way
(yarn) count; nth place (in a race); nth position (in a starting lineup); nth rank (in a battle formation); castle guard; second-place horse
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
hook (high point of a song); chorus
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
puberty; adolescence; youth
visual confirmation; sighting
dozens; scores of; decades
to seize; to capture; to arrest; to hold down; to subdue
being outnumbered (e.g. in a military context)
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
praise; glorification; extolment
to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily
imposition (i.e. of rules, of a decision); compulsion
talk; recital; narration; topic
next; next person; room adjoining a noble's parlor
movie projector; film projector; cine projector
special effects; SFX; tokusatsu (genre of live-action film or television drama that makes heavy use of special effects, e.g. Godzilla)