dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
untalkative; quiet; taciturn; reticent; uncommunicative
class; heading; group; category
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
composition; formation; organization; organisation; compilation
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
place to put something; place where one put something; place to put oneself
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
in the same way as; just like
people; men and women; each person; everybody
point worthy of note; good point; part worth seeing; (signs of) promise; good prospects (for the future)
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
to take care of someone; to look after someone; to help; to give help where it isn't wanted; to be officious; to bother
ruining a country; ruined country
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
thanks; gratitude; appreciation; thankfulness
foreigner; alien; stranger
several hundred; hundreds (of)
as (for); for; in the capacity of
thousands; several thousand
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
still (continuing); as ever; further
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
blood relationship; consanguinity; blood relative
to be overawed; to be overwhelmed; to be overcome; to be intimidated; to be daunted
casual; doing something without taking it too seriously
to add (to); to add on; to append
older brother and younger sister
glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view
to have (something) innate; to be born with
to differ; to be different; to disagree; to vary; to diverge
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
soul; spirit; willpower; vitality; something as important as one's own life; something invaluable