secret; private; surreptitious
member (esp. of a criminal organization); gang member; gangster; yakuza; crime syndicate member
basics; rudiments; elements; ABCs of ...
natural features; topography; climate; spiritual features
samurai and common people
labour shortage; labor shortage; shortage of workers; shortage of hands
making the numbers balance; fixing the numbers; number-juggling; making up the numbers (e.g. to form a majority)
number of persons; personnel
in that respect; on that point; in that regard
admission; incorporation; enlistment; enrollment
effect; result; worth; use; avail
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
point worthy of note; highlight; high point; good prospects for the future; promise
to be superfluous; to be in excess; to be more than enough
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
directions; instructions; orders; command
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
useful thing; usable article
lasting quality; good wearing ability; going a long way
to fight; to compete; to contest; to argue; to dispute heatedly
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
familiarity with the land; locality or terrain (usually associated with knowing or feeling the locality)
in order; sequential; seriatim
to teach thoroughly; to instill (into); to instil; to inculcate; to drum (into); to drill (into)
avarice; greed; covetousness; raga (desire)
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
background knowledge; prerequisite knowledge
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very