secret plan; secret scheme; secret stratagem; secret method
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; amusement; hobby
careful; cautious; wary; watchful; vigilant; prudent
(one's) inner voice; voice of one's heart; what one really thinks
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
chasm; interstice; crevice; vulva; slit; cunt
ruler of the whole country; person who holds the reins of government
treasury; treasure house; storehouse; treasure trove; rich source (of)
all year round; all the time; year in and year out
skill; proficiency; experience; dexterity
heating power; thermal power; firepower
to pin down; to immobilize; to immobilise; to control; to suppress
utmost limit; extremity; result
unobstructed view; perspective; forecast; outlook; insight; foresight
to live under another's roof; to become a dependent on; to flatten oneself (against); to lean in close to
to squeeze out; to wring out
at someone's (something's) mercy
to insert; to include; to incorporate; to cut in (printing)
to be violated; to be corrupted; to be polluted; to be stained
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
to become numb; to go to sleep (e.g. a limb); to get an electric shock; to tingle (from an electric shock); to be excited; to be titillated
what the hell; oh, great!; son of a gun; holy mackerel; oh no!; holy cow!
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
enemy castle; enemy fortress
to fling off; to throw off; to cast aside; to abandon; to throw to the winds
idea; thought; discretion; forgiveness; pardon
piece; fragment; one (object)
splendid; fine; handsome; elegant; imposing; prominent
vocal message; speech; statement; prologue at the start of a kabuki performance
happy tears; tears of joy
ripple (on water); wavelets; ripple (e.g. of uneasiness); unrest; disturbance
Iga (former province located in the west of present-day Mie Prefecture)
concentricity; same mind; unanimity; policeman; constable in the Edo period
Hattori Hanzou Masanari (1542-96)
ripple (on water); wavelets
temporary transfer (of an employee); secondment; relocation; proceeding to; leaving for
established (certain) fact