concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy
very interesting; of great interest
ground-breaking; revolutionary; unprecedented; epoch-making
to become tense; to be tightened; to become firm (e.g. body)
what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)
before oneself; in front of one; a bit before reaching (a location); this side (of a location); one's standpoint; one's appearance; skill
attentive; cautious; careful; watchful
to remain; to stay (somewhere)
having said that; on the other hand
nothing ventured, nothing gained; (lit.) you will not get the tiger cub without entering the tiger's den
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
to be honest; to be frank; honestly; if you want to know the truth
to be unusual (of a person or of a thing); to be uncommon; to be peculiar; to be crazy; to be eccentric; to be different
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
(not) at all; completely; utterly; very; extremely
to kick about; to kick around; to scatter (a crowd, the enemy, etc.); to rout
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
site; point on a map; spot
several times; a few times
to take the lead; to lead a group; to be in the vanguard
to be slow; to not make progress; to be inefficient
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
from the viewpoint of; according to
bottom layer; undermost layer; lowest (societal) class; bottom (economic) stratum; lowest caste
renewal; update; innovation; improvement
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
dumbfounded; in mute amazement
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
one more time; once more; once again
to burrow through; to dig through
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
tool; implement; means; furniture
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
notice; attention; observation
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions
lack of words; being tongue-tied; suppressing what you want to say
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing