district; section; sector
(religious) faith; belief; creed
therefore; for that reason; so; because of that
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest
arms; weapons (of war); armor; armour
ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan
self-; from ...; this ... (in contrast to some other ...); aforementioned
next (year, spring, etc.); coming; since (last month, etc.); for (20 years, etc.)
(arch.) to be; (arch.) to be (location); sum of money
black magic; black art; witchcraft; sorcery
tradition; legend; folklore
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
stealthily; secretly; in secret
in one's own way or style
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
dry riverbed; river beach
somewhat larger (amount); quite a lot; a little more (than usual); a little extra
counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.
very thorough search (for contraband, escaped convict, etc.); fine-tooth-comb search; exhaustive search; scouring
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another
suitable; appropriate; befitting; conjoining; association; samprayukta
hard-to-do; difficult; tough; awkward; tricky
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
to be surprised; to be astonished
pretending to respect someone while in fact staying distant; keeping at arm's length; avoiding (something unpleasant); shying away from; giving the batter an "intentional walk"
influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
many; much; plenty; hardly
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
regret; repentance; remorse
in deep black; in jet black
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall