skill; dexterity; proficiency
nimble; agile; quick; quick (thinking); smart; alert
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
blunt (e.g. sword); dull; lazy; cowardly; good for nothing
occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling
accent (of one's speech); dialect; provincialism; corrupted form (e.g. of word); mispronunciation
scoundrel; rascal; villain
boss; leader; kingpin; chief; head (e.g. of a crime syndicate)
much more; still more; single layer (or storey, etc.); (arch.) rather; (arch.) sooner
this sort of; of this kind; of the sort; such
how; in what way; how about
paper lantern; Chinese lantern; Japanese lantern
remains; traces; (the sorrow of) parting; end
robber; mugger; robbery; burglary
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
all kinds of things; various things; large number of people
citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)
hamlet; subunit of village; burakumin area
to lay waste; to devastate; to invade; to break into; to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer
in the meanwhile; during the time
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
tomfoolery; foolish act; nonsense; fool; idiot
(arch.) retainer; (arch.) attendant; Omi (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to sixth highest of eight); I; me
maintaining a reasonable distance; neutral position; indecision
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
employer's house; master's house
Sagami (former province located in present-day Kanagawa Prefecture)
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
Ise (former province located in the major part of present-day Mie Prefecture and parts of Aichi and Gifu prefectures); Ise (city)
barrier; gate; seki (in go); mutual life
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
coincident with; while; simultaneously
to probe; to search; to sound out; to investigate