muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
to have an eye on; to zero in on
not ... for nothing; not ... with nothing to show for it; worthwhile; no wonder ...
examination; quiz; test; tryout; rehearsal (in filming)
wrong; different; not like that
reckless; (at) random; haphazard; blind; sudden; abrupt
going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead
dropping (of tears, dew, etc.); falling off; dropping off; inadvertently (coming to the surface); letting out (e.g. a secret)
stakeout; ambush; lookout; watch; paste-up; collage
patient; unhurried; leisurely
anpan; bread roll filled with red bean paste
suffocation; choking; asphyxia
loss (of assets, profit, etc.)
rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)
substitution; replacement; shifting; change
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
Japanese (people, language, style)
ninja house; ninja residence
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
construction; constructing; carrying out; work; formation; workmanship
noisily (of water gushing, pouring, spilling, splashing, spraying, etc.)
to be associated (with); to be connected (with)
root and branch; thoroughly; by the roots; completely; all
covering; filled in; complete; total; cliched; clichéd; plaintext
to cling to; to stick to; to lie flat (e.g. on the ground)
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
all over; everywhere; in every nook and cranny
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
probe; inquiry; enquiry; investigation
(game pieces, soldiers, etc.) under one's control
dull (e.g. of movement or reaction); sluggish
forcing; enforcement; forced; enforced