chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing
awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing
ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy
debt; loan; liabilities; number of games under the .500 mark
covered with; stained; smeared
restoring (power, etc.) to the emperor
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
hometown; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
ancestor; forefather; foremother
thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery
to steal; to rob; to take away
stolen goods; stolen article; loot; spoils
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); because ...; for good reason; there is a (good) reason that ...
to appear; to start to appear; to show signs of appearing
to be disheartened; to be dejected; to be discouraged; suddenly (losing a lot of weight); looking emaciated; becoming very thin
personality-wise; by nature; characteristic
anyway; by the way; incidentally; well; to change the subject
day duty; day shift; class duty (students)
impossibly hard video game
in consideration of; in deference to; out of respect for; for (someone's) sake
time; labour; payment (for labour); pay; tedious job; troublesome job
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious; nervousness
absolutely normal; perfectly commonplace; taken for granted
travelling (a long and difficult journey) on foot; walking (all the way) across; travelling through; travelling all over (e.g. a country); visiting all the major locations (of a region, etc.)
to be far apart (from); to be a long way off (from); to be remote; to be very different (from); to be quite unlike; to be far from (e.g. the truth)
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
trigger (of a gun, etc.); trigger (for something); immediate cause
one shot; one charge; one blow; one punch; home run; one try; one attempt
firing line; caustic curve
carnivore; carnivorous animal
closing in on (the enemy, first place, etc.); coming close to; pressing hard; pressing hard (e.g. with a question); taking to task; grilling
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
ghoul; corpse-eating demon
unclean; dirty; bathroom; toilet (room); (arch.) menstruation; (arch.) menses
transcendence; transcendency
to be badly made; to fail
bloodsucking; sucking blood
clean; clear; pure; honest; clean
repose of a soul; ceremony for the repose of a departed soul
ceremony; etiquette; courtesy; (Catholic) liturgy
(Confucian) temple; church; sanctuary