favorite (to win); favourite; likely winner; one's heart's desire; first choice
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
full up; to have had enough of something (both good and bad nuance)
number one; first; best; most; game; round
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
scale; scope; plan; structure
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
to gather; to collect; to assemble
(program of) entertainments; special events; exhibitions; amusements; attractions
setting up a stall or booth (bazaar, festival); opening a branch office; opening a store
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
proud; boastful; bragging; conceited
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
princess; daughter of a nobleman
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
older brother and younger sister
presence; sitting with; being with
restlessly; nervously; uneasily; in a fidget
rather; better; instead; if anything
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)