of all people; a person of ...'s standing
rank; ranking order; hierarchy
stealth; travelling incognito (traveling); ninjutsu; ninja; sneak theft; sneak thief; tolerance
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
additionally; in addition
to excite; to incite; to stimulate; to arouse; to tempt; to stir up
acknowledged; accepted; agreed
bathing (in cold water); showering; swimming
blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space
to take offense (at); to take offence (at); to feel hurt (by)
watchful waiting; careful supervision
reckless remark; rash remark; thoughtless words; falsehood
old-fashioned; behind the times; out-of-date; antiquated
of tender years; very young
anciently; formerly; old times; a long time ago
yamabushi; practitioner of Shugendō; itinerant Buddhist monk
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
by means of; due to; because of; according to
to keep an eye on; to take care of
secret information; intelligence
spy working for the Edo shogunate; oniwaban
too much for one to handle; unmanageable; uncontrollable
to kick about; to kick around; to scatter (a crowd, the enemy, etc.); to rout
to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to possess (someone; of an evil spirit, idea, etc.)
island; one's territory (of a sex worker, organized crime gang, etc.); one's turf
to tag along; to follow; to tail; to shadow
to put on (clothing); (lit.) to put (one's arms) through the sleeves
withered silver grass; withered Japanese pampas grass; dead susuki grass
to find difficult to guess; to struggle to work out; to be unable to figure out
to tilt (esp. head); to lean; to incline; to slant
accommodation fees; hotel charges; room charges
forward; officious; impertinent; intrusive
reading too much into (a statement, etc.)
folk customs; folkways; ethnic customs
My goodness (expresses surprise, wonder, etc.); very; extremely
in contrast to (one's, its) appearance