wait-and-see (situation, stance, etc.); waiting to see (how things play out); watching developments (before acting)
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)
concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy
powerful local clan; local strongman
moving from place to place; being passed around repeatedly; rolling about
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
fort; stronghold; fortification
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
sanity; consciousness; soberness
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant
to consent; to allow; to accept; to agree
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
custom; practice; convention; precedent
civil war; insurrection; rebellion; domestic conflict
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
existential threat; life-or-death crisis
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
intelligence gathering; information gathering
intensiveness; collecting; summarizing; putting together
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
internal conditions; true state of affairs
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
stillness; silence; hush; calm; serenity
waiting; waiting time; wait tile; tile which would complete one's hand
substance; real form; main part; main unit; this machine; this appliance; object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.)
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
imagination; supposition; guess
even scale; equilibrium; balance; equalization; equalisation
to come to one's senses; to calm down
to attach; to stick together; to place together; to put side-by-side; to make someone get married; to get someone hitched
to press a question; to cross-examine
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class
by a hair's breadth; in the nick of time; touch and go; close call; critical moment