concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy
to pause; to have a short intermission
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
it is I who should say so
ruin; destruction; devastation; waste; decay
obscure; vague; ambiguous
prison guard; warder; jailer; gaoler
order; observance; discipline; rules; law; regulations
to come into being; to be born
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session
to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to look at (something) from another perspective; to put it the other way round; to visit the same prostitute or geisha for a second time
to fall forward (of a person); to tumble forward
to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
qualitative difference; disparity; gap
correction; revision; redressing; rectifying
equality; uniformity; evenness
straggling; falling behind; being left behind; falling behind the ranks; falling out of line
to be ruined (reduced to poverty); to fall low; to go under; to come to ruin
lazy person; lazy fellow; slothful person
absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous
misconstruction; distortion; misinterpretation; misunderstanding; perversion; contortion
one's say; one's point; complaint; grievance; objection
quarrel; feud; wrangling; snarling (at each other)
to hate each other; to hate mutually
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
to surge like an avalanche; to flood; to swarm; to stampede
fort; fortress; stronghold; fortification
western part; the west (of a region); the West (United States)
valley (with a river running through it); gorge; ravine; canyon
fortress; stronghold; citadel
inevitable; inescapable; unavoidable
just cause; good reason; pretext; duty (to one's country, sovereign, etc.)
looter; plunderer; pillager; marauder
will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)
to scatter in all directions (like baby spiders)
crumbling; collapse; ruin; has-been; wannabe
loss and gain; advantage and disadvantage
to weigh on a scale; to weigh up options; to compare pros and cons
to come; to go; to participate; to perform Zen meditation
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback