secret plan; secret scheme; secret stratagem; secret method
feeling; sense; impression
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly; actually
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
example; instance; precedent; custom; habit
light novel; young-adult fiction novel, typically illustrated in a manga art style
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances
occurrence; incidence; generation (of power, heat, etc.); production; ontogeny; development
settlement; solution; resolution
to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
trick; plot device; mystery-fiction trope
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
self-evident; obvious; axiomatic; self-explanatory; trivial
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
after that; afterwards; thereafter
subject; theme; homework; assignment; problem (that needs solving); task
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
course (of a road, moving object, etc.); way; course (of events, action, etc.); direction (e.g. an argument is heading in); reasoning; logic
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively; extreme
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
(some) more; even more; longer; further
means; way; method; measure
this world; this life; world of the living
existence; being; presence
beginning; outset; first; onset
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
so what?; what of it?; and?; why do you ask?
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)