quick-witted; quick to understand
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate
good-looking guy; handsome man; hunk; Adonis; cool guy
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
impossible; unlikely; improbable
patrolling; one's rounds; inspection tour; watchman; patrolman
to manage; to control; to supervise; to crack down on; to keep under strict control; to enforce
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
Bushido; samurai code of chivalry
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
don't worry about it; it's nothing; don't give it a thought
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
(tree) trunk; (arrow) shaft; (tool) handle; backbone; base
lack of ability; inadequacy; (being) out of one's depth
to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
conjurer; magician; illusionist
mistaking one person for another; (case of) mistaken identity
to shake; to swing; to sway; to shock
plan; project; attempt; plot; scheme; undertaking
to put on (coat, gown, etc.)
bottomless; unlimited; immeasurable; inexhaustible
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
freely; at liberty; at will; as one likes
vitality; energy; dynamism
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
to go out; to go around; to walk about; to roam
news; word; tidings; omen
outskirts (of a town); edge (of a town); just outside the city limits
three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)