important person; strategic person; key figure
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
of great promise; with a promising future
spy; agent provocateur; covert operative; maker; builder; constructor
to study; to complete (a course); to order (one's life); to repair (a fault one has committed)
growth; development; stretching (one's body, e.g. when waking up); (ability to) spread (of paint, cream, etc.); elongation; extension
by the end of this year; before the year comes to a close; during this year
outward appearance; looks
infiltration; sneaking in; going undercover
watch; guard; lookout; surveillance; watchman; sentinel
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert; quarantine
to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
ha-ha; with a hearty laugh; panting; with heavy, rapid breathing (from exertion, fear, etc.)
to make something look better; to put into (good, better) shape; to put up a front; to pose; to pretend
one's student (esp. a former one); one's pupil; one's disciple
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgement
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
to badger; to pester; to beg
to be extremely difficult; to present a major challenge
manufactured goods; finished goods; product
blacksmith's workshop; smithy; forge; foundry
refining; refinement; smelting
to hide; to lie motionless in hiding
spiny lobster (esp. Japanese spiny lobster, Panulirus japonicus)
sense of touch; tactile; haptic; hair style with long bangs
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
feeler; tentacle; antenna; touching (with one's hand); feeling; sensing