to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
memory; recollection; remembrance; memory; storage
from now; from this moment; henceforth
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
some; few; a number of; somewhat; to a certain extent; a bit
look of amazement; looking dumbfounded
from out of nowhere; from who knows where
to make an appearance; to show up
stealth; travelling incognito (traveling); ninjutsu; ninja; sneak theft; sneak thief; tolerance
to wear (from the shoulders down); to put on; to take (the blame, responsibility); to bear
eastern direction; the Orient; eastern fighter in a match (e.g. sumo wrestling)
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series; -type
girl (usu. between 7 and 17); young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryō period)
Empire (of Japan); the (Japanese) Empire; Japan
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
secret; clandestine; covert; spy (for a daimyo, shogun, etc.); secret agent
duty; function; office; mission; task; role
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
your will; your pleasure; your wish; certainly; as you say; you are quite right
farming out (all of a project) to subcontractors; hundred-percent outsourcing; leaving (a responsibility) entirely to someone else; offloading (a problem, work, etc.); wholesale delegation
stealthily; secretly; in secret
to whinge; to kvetch; to gripe; to complain; to whine
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
scale; scope; plan; structure
great difference; big difference; wide margin
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
some people; a number of people; several people; a few people
for today; for the time being
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
reopening; resumption; restarting
how much; how many; to what extent
as (for); for; in the capacity of
shock (emotional); shock (physical); impact; crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; (circulatory) shock
to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed; to get close (e.g. to someone emotionally); to become intimate (with)