secret; clandestine; covert; spy (for a daimyo, shogun, etc.); secret agent
pending question; unresolved problem
to pay; to be profitable; to pull against each other
investigation to determine the cause (of); tracing something back to its origin
area of holiday homes; area of villas
(air or sea) route; course; line; run
island group; archipelago
landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land
photography; taking photographs
magnification; leverage; amplification; competitiveness rating (e.g. for university entrance); applicant-to-acceptance ratio
photography (still or motion); photographing; filming; shooting; (video) recording
to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)
development (of film); photographic processing
reasons; circumstances; details; particulars; hindrance; inconvenience
ecology; life and habits (of an animal); mode of life; way of living
integrity; consistency; conformity; compliance
communality; community; having something in common
undiscovered; not yet found; unexplored
habitat; home (e.g. of the tiger)
to accept (e.g. an explanation); to be satisfied (with); to assent (to)
enemy territory; hostile place
for better or worse; luckily or unluckily
appropriate (e.g. authorities); concerned; relevant; said; aforementioned; competent
after the end (of something)
extravagant spending; wasteful spending; splurging; squandering
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
one copy (of a document); one letter; one-way traffic; pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9)
threefold; folded in three
conditions of a contract; terms of a contract
hasty; rash; rushed; hurried; impatient; impetuous