small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
young child; toddler; child over 1 but not yet of school age
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
another world (esp. in fiction); otherworld; parallel universe; different-dimension world; isekai
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
worldview; outlook on the world; Weltanschauung; setting (for a fictional work); world; universe
really; truly; indeed; good grief
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
to distinguish; to discern; to make out; to tell
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
probably; (most) likely; in all likelihood; I suspect; I dare say; I'm afraid
to use (a tool, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
stage (of a theatre, concert hall, etc.); stage performance; stage production; setting (of a story); scene; sphere (of activity)
to fall behind; to drop out; to drop; to fall; to spill
magician; wizard; sorcerer; witch; mage
catalogue; catalog; list of betrothal presents; gift register; (table of) contents; certificate of initiation
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
how; in what way; by what means
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
honor student; honours student; model student; prize pupil
(the) positive; yang (in Chinese divination); the open; visible place
educational institution; school; academy; campus
department (of a university or hospital); course (of study); branch of study; family
senior high school; high school
second-year student; second-year pupil; biennial; biennial plant
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
entrance (on the stage); appearance (in a book, film, etc.); appearance (on the scene); arrival (on the market); emergence
faint; indistinct; dim; vague; subtle; delicate
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
stallion brought close to a mare to test her readiness to mate; stalking horse; spoiler
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to go out for a while
in the end; after all is said and done