painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
really; truly; indeed; good grief
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
shaman; Sherman (WW2 tank)
curse; spell; malediction
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
to coo at; to behave like a spoiled child; to snort; to sniff
place; situation; position; location
detour; circumvention; turning movement
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
to brave a danger; to take a risk
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
to be conspicuous; to stand out
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
stick; club; cudgel; bludgeon
threat; intimidation; menace
head; lead; vanguard; first
vital part (of the body); tender spot; key point; essential point; male crotch (as a target in fighting)
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over