intelligence operative; spy
personal security; personal protection; provision of a bodyguard
to appoint; to nominate; to consider (oneself) to be; to pose as; to assume (a role, responsibility, etc.); to take on
principle of laissez-faire
from behind the scenes (cheer, pray, etc. for someone); from the sidelines; from a distance; secretly; in secret
spy working for the Edo shogunate; oniwaban
growth; development; stretching (one's body, e.g. when waking up); (ability to) spread (of paint, cream, etc.); elongation; extension
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
private; personal life; (one's) privacy
desirable; hoped for; preferable; advisable
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
accomplice; conspirator; cohort
infiltration; sneaking in; going undercover
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
hey; yo; hi; come on; hey
does not match (one's, its) appearance
(in the same way) as before; as always
looking at someone (with upturned eyes); glancing upwards (at someone)
confidentially; privately; off the record
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
to affect a stylish air; to try to look good; to show off
progress; pace; carriage; step; stage
leadership conference; summit meeting; top-level conference
to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)
conference room; council room
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference
outsider; someone outside of a group
to leave one's seat; to temporarily excuse oneself (from a meeting, etc.); to step outside; to be away (from one's desk, etc.)
completely black; black from top to bottom; black from head to toe
clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
end; close; finish; termination
provisional club enrolment (school, etc.); trial period in a club
in a lively way; vividly; freshly; animatedly; actively; energetically
innumerable; countless; numberless
doll; puppet; marionette; puppet (person under the control of another); straw man; yes-man
pseudo; quasi; false; suspected (case, e.g. of disease)
android; Android (mobile operating system)
copy-and-paste; copypasta (block of text that is copied and pasted across the Internet)