missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
friendly fire; killing each other by mistake; internecine strife
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
coward; namby-pamby; wimp; weak-kneed person; spineless person
tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox
dictionary; lexicon; (arch.) letter of resignation
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
memorial day; commemoration day; anniversary
to underrate; to belittle; to look down on; to despise
Blakiston's fish owl (Bubo blakistoni)
cry (of an animal); call; chirp; song; caw; roar
water caltrop (esp. Trapa japonica); water chestnut; caltrop (weapon)
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
to dry (clothes, etc.); to desiccate
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan
caltrop (spiked device scattered to maim infantry and horses); calthrop; caltrap
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
to creep up to; to approach stealthily; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed
demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
thief; robber; burglar; bandit
complete darkness; total darkness; pitch darkness
torch (made of pine, bamboo, reed, etc.); flambeau; torchlight
to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
blindness; blind (e.g. love, faith); reckless
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
sulfur mine; sulphur mine
toil; drudgery; penal servitude; imprisonment (with hard labour)
practitioner; specialist; man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai
to be anxious (about); to be concerned (about); to think out (e.g. a plan); to work out; to investigate; to stroke
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
raw materials; ingredient