(of size or amount) small, little, tiny / (of age) young, little

paying tribute

pay tribute

big country, major power

ancient times, a very long time ago

once (in the indeterminate past)

the past, old times / ancient

olden days; former

age, era, period (of time) / the times, spirit of the age / antiquity / a time in one's life, one's days (in college etc.)

to send; to dispatch / to see off, to take (somebody somewhere), to escort / to play back / (linguistics) to add okurigana / to pass the time / to see off a deceased person