straightforwardly; readily; without hesitation
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
bitter experience; misery; distress; grief; sad thoughts; hardship
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
smart; clever; agile; nimble; quick
to shake (from fear, cold, excitement, etc.); to shudder; to tremble
assistance (in a fight); help; aid; helper; supporter
to make good one's escape; to escape to a safe place; to make one's getaway; to effect one's escape
to follow; to accompany; to cleave to; to join up with; to obey implicitly; to flatter
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
acceleration; speeding up
to turn aside adroitly; to dodge
to feel oneself indebted to
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
blind man; masseur (usu. blind)
study; research; investigation
to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain
right in the midst of; right at the height of
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
to slash back; to strike back; to counterattack; to cut the wheel; to perform a twisting backward knee trip
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
stealth; travelling incognito (traveling); ninjutsu; ninja; sneak theft; sneak thief; tolerance
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
to send out; to forward; to show (a person) out
temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
to slaughter; to massacre; to butcher; to defeat soundly; to overpower; to vanquish
to work (someone) hard; to push (someone) around
turns and twists; ups and downs; meandering; complications; vicissitudes
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
details; particulars; detailed; specific; close-up view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-in view
to keep (the matter) for another occasion
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
to work hard at; to devote oneself to; to be diligent in
out of necessity; with no other option; perforce; unavoidably; reluctantly; unwillingly