ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
scroll; rolled book; scarf; muffler; sushi made rolled in nori seaweed with a core of filling
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
ordinary people; common folk; general masses; man in the street; populace at large
mentality; mood; sentiment; fretfulness; tedium; irritation
stealth; travelling incognito (traveling); ninjutsu; ninja; sneak theft; sneak thief; tolerance
habit; behavior; behaviour; trait
to be able to eat; to be able to swallow
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
in comparison to; rather than
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
to calculate; to compute; to deduce; to infer; to conclude
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
unsatisfied; unsatisfactory; insufficient
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
continuation; succession; series
(stage) appearance; performance; participation (e.g. in a tournament)
first place; first rank; unit's position; Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata)
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
telling others; revealing to others; letting out a secret
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
holder (of a record, title, permit, etc.)
to save face; to show deference; to make someone look good
just you wait and see (as a threat)
(some) more; even more; longer; further
tension; mental strain; nervousness
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding