foundation (of a newspaper, magazine, etc.); starting; launching; first publication
massage (esp. anma, a traditional form of Japanese massage); masseur; masseuse; (arch.) blind person
uncool; tacky; lame; corny
giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)
to put on airs; to swagger; to act self-importantly
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
forevermore; for eternity
(two) matchless things; (two) matchless people; pair of bright jewels
graceful; willowy; lissome; soft and tender
art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance
struggling; pawing (e.g. horses' hooves)
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar
aim; goal; purpose; look; eyes; expression of eyes
memorization; memorisation; learning by heart
tanka; 31-mora Japanese poem
the present term; the present session
big hit; smash hit; popular item (e.g. movie, music)
nonexistent; unreal; imaginary; spurious
to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
not entirely wrong but not entirely right; so-so; average
trademark gag; trademark routine
(rock) crystal; high purity quartz
slightly good luck (esp. as an omikuji fortune-telling result)
billowy; fluffy; cloudlike; tenderly; amiably; softly
dreamy state of mind; ecstasy; trance
splish-splash; with a splash
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep