hunting; shooting; game; quarry
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)
income; receipts; revenue
adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger
control; management (e.g. of a business)
at first; in the beginning; originally
curious; strange; unusual
not necessarily so; is not always true
to be full of (e.g. adventure, youth, energy); to be overflowing with
gap; difference; disparity; discrepancy
to crush (with the weight of misfortune)
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
to take the form (of); to assume a shape
to mend; to patch up; to fix (hair, clothes, appearance, etc.); to adjust; to keep up appearances; to cover up (e.g. a mistake)
narrow-minded; intolerant; petty
generosity; magnanimity; tolerance; length and capacity; measures
to squeeze out; to wring out
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
reproachful; hateful; bitter
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
circumference; girth; tour; pilgrimage; circulation (e.g. of blood)
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
one; same (mind, path, etc.)
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
moisture; damp; richness; warmth; financial leeway; gains
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
shopping; purchased goods
form; shape; figure; visage
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
beyond this point; from now on; after this
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
this; our; the ... in question; right; justice; fairness
to complete decisively; to do to completion
to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to think of (a far-off person, place, etc.); to cast one's mind to; to worry about; to feel anxious about
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
certain; unmistaken; evident; obvious; beyond doubt
to be helpful; to help; to be of assistance; to come in handy