main spindle; main shaft; linchpin; pivot; principal axis; main axis
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
wait-and-see (situation, stance, etc.); waiting to see (how things play out); watching developments (before acting); probe; probing move
colouring; coloring; shade (of colour); flavour; nuance; feel
evasion; excuse; subterfuge; runaround
tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
size; dimension; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months
being dotted about; being scattered; being interspersed
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
something wrapped in cloth
bundle; package; parcel; counter for wrapped objects
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible
to shut in; to confine (in); to seal in; to contain; to suppress; to restrain
to put on; to wear; to be clothed in; to be clad in; to be dressed in; to be wrapped in
to form; to make; to build up (e.g. a fortune); to create; to accomplish; to achieve; to change (into)
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
having said that; on the other hand; (but) then; (but) still
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
to be reduced to (e.g. poverty); to end up as
careless; thoughtless; stupid; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
ground; earth's surface; land; lot; plot
miasma ("bad air" formerly believed to cause disease)
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
rot; decay; corrosion; etching; saprophagy
even more; still more; further
to carry; to bring (to a place)
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
advance; moving forward; progress
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
spot; point; place; position
interval; break; pause; gap (between objects); interval; opening
shelter; cover; screen; shield; obstruction; defilade