sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
to discuss; to talk together
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
deep in the mountains; mountain recesses
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
slope; incline; slope (of a linear function); gradient (vector calculus)
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
inclination; slant; slope; bevel; list; dip
hand; arm; handwriting; penmanship; 'shake' (command to have a dog place its paw in your hand)
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
to one's regret; regrettably; unfortunately; what can be done about ...; ... cannot be helped
step; stride; counter for steps
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
having no thought for; having no consideration for; disregarding; overlooking; (arch.) being found not guilty (in an Edo-period court); (arch.) acquittal
to go too far; to go past; to go to extremes; to overdo it
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
lightly; nimbly; with agility; casually; readily; regularly
ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
to some extent; to a certain extent
gently sloping; gentle; easy; smooth
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
mountain road; mountain trail
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown
to bewitch; to confuse; to enchant; to delude
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
to rub out; to clean off; to clear away; to efface; to erase
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
thief; robber; burglar; rebel; insurgent; traitor
modus operandi; criminal technique; trick
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation