stealth; travelling incognito (traveling); ninjutsu; ninja; sneak theft; sneak thief; tolerance
woman; female; feminine gender
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
actor; actress; player; performer
absconding; taking oneself off; slipping out (home) unnoticed early (e.g. from work, out of parties, etc.)
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
moat; fosse; canal; ditch
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
common reed (Phragmites australis)
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
tearing; ripping; crunching; munching; stiff; starchy; (working) hard
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
literature; books (reference); document
all-purpose; utility; universal; all-powerful; almighty; omnipotent
long ago; already; a long time ago
world conquest; world domination; taking over the world
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
other self; alter ego; part of oneself (in someone or something else); incarnations of Buddha
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead
rope; cord; policeman's rope
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady