rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
turn (in line); order of things; sequential order
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
all; entire; whole; altogether
four (long cylindrical things)
merger (of companies, towns, etc.); combination; union; amalgamation; consolidation; coalition
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
doubt; distrust; suspicion (of)
detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
interval; space; valley; gorge; loophole (in a wall); crenel
community; circles; kingdom; erathem; field (electrical); border
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence
beginning; outset; first; onset
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
to engrave an inscription; to call (designate) itself; to mark; to label
leadoff batter; first batter; first person appearing (witness, performer, etc.)
to gather (attract, receive) attention; to have a high profile; to gain prominence; to become popular
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
being scattered in all directions; being broken up and dispersed
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
(one's) consideration; (taking) notice; interest; within the eye