clever; bright; sharp; wise; intelligent; sagacious
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
followers; subordinates; being under someone's command
to have an eye on; to zero in on
secret information; intelligence
principal occupation; core business
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
to pass (of time); to elapse
superficial; half-hearted; shallow
killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale; (nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; (full-length) novel; romance
to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end
hero; the brave; man of valour (valor)
to make merry; to be festive
(period of) a year; during an era
to be popular (esp. with the opposite sex); to be well liked; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed
average; mean; balance; equilibrium
crude; unrefined; coarse; ill-mannered; rude; insensitive
overconfident; presumptuous
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
to look down (on); to condescend (to)
tendency; trend; inclination
any; all; every; both; either; none (with neg. verb)
main cause; primary factor
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book
chief retainer; daimyo's minister
whirling; revolving; coiling around; winding around; working tirelessly; working hard