midwinter; cold season; coldest days of the year
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
difficult to ...; hard to ...
addressing (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan" (considered impolite)
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
transformation; abnormality; sexual perversion; pervert; metamorphosis; transformation
sprouting; budding; crush (esp. on an imaginary character in manga, etc.); fascination; infatuation
woman; female; feminine gender
two dimensions; fictional world of anime, manga, video games, etc.
three dimensions; three dimensional; 3D; real world; IRL (in real life)
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
hollow; cavity; hole; cave
to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
impostor; imposter; pretender; liar
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
winning ticket; lucky number
easy victory; walkover; easy peasy; child's play; cakewalk
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre