anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
near; close; beside; attendant; retainer; vassal
victory or defeat; issue (of battle); outcome
novel; original; striking; strange; eccentric; fantastic
to recall; to remember; to recollect
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
the south; southward; southern direction; countries in the south (esp. Southeast Asia and the pre-WWII South Pacific Mandate)
state legislature; state or provincial parliament
place; spot; grounds; arena; stadium; range
pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements
splendor; splendour; gorgeousness; showiness; gaudiness; extravagance
luxurious and gorgeous; splendid; dazzling
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
flashiness; showiness; brilliance; bloom; flowers
the north; northward; northern direction; northern part (e.g. of a country); northern district
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
accident; disaster; incident; uprising; emergency
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
questions and answers; dialogue
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem