smoke screen; dazzler; camouflage; deceptive means; magic; witchcraft
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen
still; even now; to this day
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
indecisive; irresolute; shilly-shally; vacillating
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
to become settled; to be fixed
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
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)
that's all from me, and now the next speaker
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
nine; nine years of age; twelve o'clock (old time system)
pioneer; trailblazer; leader; groundbreaker; pathfinder; forerunner
all times and places; all ages and countries
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
outdoors; outside; open air; fields; outskirts; suburbs
command; order; dictation; nth year in the Reiwa era (May 1, 2019-)
to harvest; to reap; to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. idea); to accept (e.g. advice)
fundamental principle; basic principle; general principle
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
camp (supporters of a doctrine, party, etc.); faction (of a party); military camp; encampment; cantonment
to make it a principle to ...; to aim at doing
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
indiscrete; imprudent; unscrupulous
national character; regional character
to emphasize; to attach importance to
characteristic; feature; idiosyncrasy; spot color (in printing)
amount of material resources
head house (family); birthplace; originator
Soviet Union; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; USSR
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs