magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
magical powers; supernatural powers; spell; charm
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
among these; between these; of these; in here; in this
remains; traces; (the sorrow of) parting; end
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
both hands; both arms; ten
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
according to; reads; reading; is written; says; states
ancient script; ancient character; ancient alphabet
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
flabbily; softly; limply; easily (bend); effortlessly; flexibly
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
convenient; handy; useful
in this way; thus; such; uh...
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
to be reminded of; to call to mind
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)
to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
many; numerous; various; large number of
every last one; one and all; from A to Z; as soon as; right after; no sooner (than)
to be silent; to say nothing
I see; that's right; indeed
plus; addition; positive number; gain; advantage; anode