December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
writing (e.g. as a profession)
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
author; writer; novelist; artist
perusing as a side business; doing in addition to one's main work; running (businesses) simultaneously; side business; job on the side
residing; living; dwelling
Tokyo Metropolis (prefecture); Tokyo metropolitan area
plant having four leaves on one stalk
body; group; party; gang; troupe; troop
difficult voyage; hard flight; rough going; rough passage; running into trouble
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
influential person; man of importance
guidance; lead; guide; primer; influence; connections
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
striking (at something) and missing; swing and a miss; vain attempt
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
to borrow; to have a loan; to hire; to rent; to buy on credit
spy; special agent; covert operative
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
have a good day; take care; see you
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
tingling; stinging; pungently
determined spirit; unyielding spirit; will
to collect; to gather; to compile; to arrange; to settle
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
good-looking; fair; beautiful
to hear; to be told; to know; to receive (order); to undertake; to comply
husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)
fine line; weight of thread; slit-eyed
one class; one set; a pair; a suite; a series
ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan
to find out; to discover; to locate