small child; pipsqueak; short person; midget; small animal; runt
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
to put on airs; to act big; to throw one's weight about; to be overbearing; to be domineering; to be bossy
stillness; silence; hush; calm; serenity
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
centre; center; pivot; central nervous system
prickling; stinging; tingling
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
(mumbling) incomprehensibly; while mumbling; mutteringly; murmuringly
after a short while; not long after; soon; before long; shortly thereafter
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
to begin a trip; to depart; to embark; to die; to pass away; to depart this life
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
sneak thief; petty thief; cat burglar
business world; business circles; (the) industry
sliding feet; shuffling (one's feet); moving legs forward with feet never leaving the ground (exercise)
(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante); forty-five degree angle
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
well-known; famous; noted; popular; recognized
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
God; god; ace; king; superior person
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at something)
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
back (esp. of a building, etc.); rear; behind
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least