covert action; covert operations
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
battle standard decorated with hanging strips of paper or leather; fireman's standard (Edo period)
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
student (esp. a university student)
fishing; angling; change (for a purchase); clickbaiting; trolling; writing deliberately inflammatory posts online
tank (of liquid); tank (military vehicle)
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
to house; to contain; to carry (a baby); to be pregnant; (arch.) to give lodging to; (arch.) to accommodate
to keep (something) a secret; to keep hidden (for ever); to continue to conceal
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
wharf; quay; landing-stage; jetty
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
putting into operation; invocation
watch-keeping; guard; lookout
to entrust; to leave to a person
opposite; reverse; contrary
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
insight; discernment; perception; perspicacity; acumen
to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen
self-consciousness; self-awareness
to throw oneself (into an activity)
to be caught in a dilemma; to get into a scrape
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
meddling; interference; extending a paw to drag something closer; (arch.) hand; (arch.) arm; (arch.) disfigured arm
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble