important; momentous; essential; principal; major
position; location; base; point; site
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
to pin down; to immobilize; to immobilise; to control; to suppress
discovery; detection; finding
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
to accept (e.g. an explanation); to be satisfied (with); to assent (to)
formation; molding; making up; repair (e.g. plastic surgery); replacement; -plasty
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
to crowd; to flock; to swarm
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to look around; to survey
all over; all over the place; everywhere
charred; burnt black; scorched black
(dead) body; corpse; carcass; remains
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
tail (animal); tail end; tip
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
snake; serpent; large snake
to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see
uroboros; ouroboros (image of a serpent or dragon swallowing its own tail)
Japan; the (Japanese) empire
neighbouring country; neighboring country; adjacent country
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
but; however; provided that
to adjoin each other; to sit side by side
of course; certainly; naturally