intelligence gathering; information gathering
boastful speech; bragging
together with; same; both; all; including ...
guarantee; security; assurance; pledge
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
intangible; incorporeal; unreasonable; preposterous; absurd
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to go crazy; to become romantically or sexually involved (with someone)
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious; nervousness
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
boring; dull; uninteresting
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
so what!; who gives a damn?
to treat (someone) to (something); to give (someone) a treat; to buy (someone a meal, drink, etc.); to be extravagant; to live in luxury
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
fear; dread; fright; willies
flapping sound (of wings); fluttering; hum (of insects); whizz (of a flying arrow); whoosh
to fly about; to jump about; to bustle about
hee hee hee; hi hi hi; chuckling; snickering
adult; grown-up; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)
proof; evidence; sign; witnessing; testifying; testimony
grain thief; sharpened tube for testing rice in bags; sashimi (sliced raw fish); stabbing; piercing
guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole
very much; exceedingly; extremely
charm; attractiveness; courtesy; ingratiating behaviour; entertainment; amusement
to paint; to spread; to plaster; to apply (cream, lotion); to smear; to lacquer
short sword; dagger; stiletto; hour hand (of a clock)
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
to become vulgar; to coarsen
lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap
boathouse; ship's hold; hatch
colouring; coloring; shade (of colour); flavour; nuance; feel
to be sore; to be inflamed; to be bleary; to be dissipated; to be dissolute; to indulge in
smell of something rotten; rotten smell