to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
magic; sorcery; witchcraft; magic tricks (with large-scale props)
legendary beast; magical beast
somewhere; in some respects; in some way
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
memory; recollection; remembrance; memory; storage
rough (estimate, summary, etc.); broad; general; careless (e.g. work); sloppy; crude
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong
something like ...; something called ...
magical powers; supernatural powers; spell; charm
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
family; clan; sect; school; group of related sumo stables
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty
minor; small; minor (key, scale, etc.); the minor leagues (US baseball)
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
denial; negation; negation; NOT operation
will not do; do not; does not
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
to practice magic; to practise magic
precondition; prerequisite
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Scaphium affine)
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
to gather; to collect; to assemble
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
difficult to ...; hard to ...
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
... or something (like that); ... or whatever; so-called ...; a certain ...
to regard (as); to consider (to be); to deem; to look upon (as); to think of (as)
have to (do, be); must (do, be); is indispensable; is absolutely necessary
not worth considering; out of the question
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
highest peak; highest mountain; greatest authority; most prominent person; pinnacle (e.g. of art)
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
than; in comparison to; rather than; over; above