mysterious thief; phantom thief
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
fighting with real swords; game played in real earnest
just; exactly; precisely; perfectly; sharp
restlessly; nervously; uneasily; in a fidget
half-sitting posture; half-standing posture; half-rising posture; stooping position
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
ignition; lighting; firing; setting off
to get burned and stuck on (e.g. rice in a pan); to become uncollectable (e.g. debt or loan); to become irrecoverable; to remain unchanged (e.g. stock market)
rapidly (e.g. progress, moving forward); growing visibly; quickly; steadily; by leaps and bounds
mini-; miniskirt; mini-skirt
league; federation; union; alliance
person holding a dan rank; black belt (martial arts); dan player (go, shogi)
(short) jacket; blouson; ski jumper; jumping event athlete; jumper lead; jumper wire
katakana; angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords
totally (immersed in something, e.g. liquid, work); addicted
to be submerged; to be soaked; to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)
to put on (coat, gown, etc.)
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
fixtures; furnishings; equipment
to assemble; to set up; to construct
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
blockhead; dunce; dimwit; dolt; slowcoach; slowpoke
actual article or goods; spots (stocks, foreign exchange, commodities, etc.); (in) kind (income, benefit, rent, taxes, investment, etc.)
to deal a blow in return; to hit back; to punch back; to reject; to send back
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
to take (be in) charge of
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
wheat gluten (usu. steamed or baked)
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy