clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress
long-established; old-established; traditional
ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
soldier; combatant; warrior
very much; exceedingly; extremely
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
to turn over; to turn (pages); to leaf through (a book, etc.); to tear off; to strip off; to take off
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
novel; story; (work of) fiction
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; person with a strong backbone; person that does incredible things; person of considerable talent
illustration (in a book, newspaper, etc.); picture
one's own work; making by oneself; farming on one's own land; independent farmer
to turn; to rotate; to go around; to circle; to make the rounds (of); to go around (several places); to go by way of
impact (on); (strong) impression; effect; impact (of a ball against a racket, bat, club, etc.)
combination; assortment; matching (in a contest); pairing; combination
honest to a fault; foolishly honest; naively honest
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
person with whom to speak; someone to talk to; companion; advisor; adviser
thicket; bush; coppice; brushwood
to become brilliant; to become cheerful
to be overcome with emotion
thin (paper, cloth, porcelain, etc.); of thin make; superficial (knowledge, critique, etc.); shallow; slight wound; slight cut
supply; provision; raising; procurement
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
unexpected; unforeseen; accidental
in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
to shorten; to cut short; to trim; to cut down on; to reduce; to scrimp on
to go (come) inside; to step into; to enter
to follow; to shadow; to hanker after; to hover around
rustling; dry; rough feeling; rough (of a person); coarse; catching fish with a net
fall; drop; descent; coming down
desk pad; sheet of plastic (or cardboard, felt, etc.) placed under writing paper; being pinned under; being caught under; model; pattern
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
easy; easygoing; carefree; happy-go-lucky; optimistic; leisurely