duty; function; office; mission; task
stealth; travelling incognito (traveling); ninjutsu; ninja; sneak theft; sneak thief; tolerance
training; drill; practice; practising; discipline
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
rational; logical; coherent
with ... as a start; taking advantage of; inspired by
flowers budding; blooming; flowering; showing results; becoming popular; blooming
appendix; postscript; retrofit; post-installation; giving a reason afterwards; making an excuse after the event
what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels
monologue; soliloquy; talking to oneself
nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter
(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle
(police) detective; criminal matter
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
one's daily milieu; neighbourhood; neighborhood; zone of life; sphere of life
martial arts; military arts; Bushido
that is to say; so that means
banzai; hurray; something to cheer about; something worthy of celebration; giving up; throwing one's hands up
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
dance (esp. Western style); dancing
to treat; to handle; to deal with; to arrange; to decorate; to dress
setting; installing; setting up (meeting, conference, etc.); stage setting; setting (of a novel, movie, play, etc.)
setting up specially; special installation
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
participants; participating athletes
to a great extent; impressive; staggering; horrible; complete; whole
ring; playing field; stadium
ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
fight; fighting spirit; fight!; do your best
player (of a sport); athlete; team member
the beginning (as in "this is only the beginning"); lowest division in sumo