an Iriomote cat

(と〜) thinking that […] (with the next clause explaining that the truth is contrary to expectations)

back and front; both sides / inside out / disparity between appearance and true qualities; two-faced / ins and outs

not in the mood to do things; having a heavy mood

Alternative form of 思い切り

carefully deliberating

to deliberate carefully

A spy. Especially, during the Warring States Period, a brigand recruited by a daimyō to work as a spy. / A ruffian.

Ningbo (a port-city, a subprovincial city in Zhejiang, China)

(physics) a microwave