decoy (for hunting); stool; lure; decoy; stool pigeon
ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
looking for something; searching for something; object being sought
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
letter; note; epistle; correspondence
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
(written) contract; agreement
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
to screw up; to put the screws on (a person); to constrict (someone, something)
both people; two people; two directions; both directions
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
force (bulldoze) one's way through
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
every one (of them); (one and) all; without exception; to a man; to the last person
partly burned charcoal; (arch.) servant boy at a brothel or teahouse
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...