fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
and (also); both ... and; as well as
what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels
ultrahigh temperature; superhigh temperature; extreme heat
heated wire; infrared rays; heat rays
rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
sinking; foundering; getting dead drunk; having too much fun (esp. in a red-light district, etc.) and missing work or neglecting one's duties; staying in one place for a long time
means of transportation; transport service
resignation; acceptance; consolation
last ray of hope; only hope
and (also); both ... and; as well as
military strength; military personnel
rising rapidly (e.g. prices, popularity); soaring; skyrocketing; going through the roof
rapid increase; proliferation; surge; explosion
wild enthusiasm; being crazy about
to arrange beforehand to tell the same story; to get the stories straight
reshuffling; job rotation
deputy head; deputy director; vice chief (of something); executive officer (navy)
wearing thick clothes; dressing warmly
to hide; to conceal oneself
to throw away; to abandon; to give up; to relinquish; to lay down (one's life)
establishment; founding; organization; organisation
change (personnel); transfer; reshuffle
(person who has the) hands of God; master; virtuoso
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
arriving at the present; present-day; to arrive at the present day
assistant; associate; duplicate; copy; adverb
observatory; observation post
cave; cavern; den; grotto
several minutes; a few minutes
to pray; to say a prayer; to offer up a prayer
hollow; cavity; hole; cave