dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to pose a riddle; to hint (at); to drop a hint
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
fan; enthusiast; lover (of); fan (e.g. electric)
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
liking something; being partial to something; -phile
all things are in a state of flux; everything is constantly changing
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
energy; energy; strength; energy source; energy resource; food energy
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
fundamental (basic) principles; fundamentals; ground rules
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
to be enigmatic; to be puzzling; to be wrapped in mystery
though; notwithstanding; although
those (near the second person)
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos
emphasis; highlight; stress; stressed point
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
wrong; groundless; different; separate; unexpected; surprising
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
clearly; plainly; distinctly; decisively; flatly; definitely
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
for example; for instance; e.g.
evaporation; disappearance (of people intentionally concealing their whereabouts); unexplained disappearance
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
(starting) from nothing; from scratch
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all