ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan
pet name; nickname; name used to indicate affection, intimacy, informality, etc.
appearance; figure; shape; form
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
observation; survey; watching
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
although there are many of them
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
(another's) daughter; young lady
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); retrieval (e.g. data); searching for; referring to
puncture; flat tyre (tire); blowout; bursting; overflowing; being jammed (e.g. phone lines)
cripple; disabled person; invalid
rash; thoughtless; imprudent; careless; frivolous
to spread (e.g. a rumor); to circulate; to disseminate
to make a slip of the tongue; to let something slip
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
both repellant and attractive at the same time; both cute and disgusting
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
idleness; lack of application; lazy study habits
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
present location; current location; "you are here" (on map)
end; close; conclusion; termination
offering (e.g. to the gods); votive offering
to stand up straight; to stand on end (e.g. of hair); to have the creeps
ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
how long; how far; how much
I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
long time; long interval; for quite some time
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
to go mad; to go crazy; to go insane
that being the case; in that case; if that's how it's going to go
pair; couple; antithesis; counter for items that come in pairs; counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)