chapter one; first chapter
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
to pass (of time); to elapse
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
one day; all day (long); the whole day; first day of the month
state (of affairs); situation; appearance; look(s); sign; indication
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
dungeon; dungeon (in an RPG or video game); (underground) labyrinth
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition
state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
(at a rate of) once a month; 10 percent monthly interest
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
god; deity; god-tier; incredible; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
serious; not joking; straight; (arch.) cannot; (arch.) should not; (arch.) will not
anyway; anyhow; setting aside ...; regardless of ...; really; truly
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
to become possible; to become able to (do)
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
you; before (a god, nobleman, etc.); in front of