to decorate; to prettify; to attach a decorative sticker, cover, bauble, etc. to a cell phone, notebook, slippers, etc.
nine (in mekuri karuta); oicho-kabu (traditional Japanese gambling card game)
original; unique (e.g. product); signature; exclusive
anonymity; using an assumed name
site (usu. website); sight; payable on sight
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
to keep away; to keep at a distance
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
flight; desertion; escape
mysterious thief; phantom thief
firm-sided backpack made of leather, etc. (used by Japanese elementary schoolchildren, often red for girls and black for boys)
clanging; empty; deserted
to take flight; to disappear
appearing in unexpected places and at unexpected moments; elusive; phantom
connivance; tacit consent; toleration; acquiescence
covert action; covert operations
celebrity; famous person; public figure; big name
jostling; being jostled; being mobbed; crumpling
after a short while; not long after; soon; before long; shortly thereafter
blind spot (on the retina); blind spot; weak point; loophole
open; public; overt; free; unreserved; uninhibited
to fry; to saute; to stir-fry
hoop (of a barrel, bucket, etc.)
to join; to be put together; to combine; to unite; to fit; to close (e.g. of a wound)
new book; new publication
sobbing; weeping; whimpering
strategic point; crucial time; watershed; crunch
to slay; to cut down (a foe)
to step firmly; to harden by treading
to sink (into one's seat, etc.); to leap to one's death (by drowning); to be reduced to (esp. working as a prostitute)
authority; power; influence
rate; ratio; proportion; percentage
underground; unconventional; radical; shady