gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
having one's choice; (ability to) pick and choose
coloring; colouring; color scheme; colour scheme; (touch of) colour; embellishment
affectation; pretension; posturing; posing as; behaving as; acting like
programme; program; plans; arrangements
focusing on only the good points or strong points; incorporating the benefits (while ignoring the drawbacks); picking the best of both (everything); cherry-picking (e.g. information)
snatching; stealing; seizure; usurpation
fixed date; appointed day
programme; program; plans; arrangements
coloring; colouring; color scheme; colour scheme; (touch of) colour; embellishment
positioning; getting a position; taking a position
after tax income; net income
ship-to-ship cargo transfer; off-shore delivery (into smaller boats)
snatching; stealing; seizure; usurpation
grabbing a handful (of); grabbing as much as one can in one handful; catching with one's hands
receiving in advance (e.g. wages, interest); taking before others; anticipation; being ahead of (e.g. the times); prefetch; anticipatory completion (i.e. finishing another's sentence)
receiving in advance (e.g. wages, interest); taking before others; anticipation; being ahead of (e.g. the times); prefetch; anticipatory completion (i.e. finishing another's sentence)
shading; (colour) gradation; kumadori; style of kabuki makeup used for violent roles
leader; head; president (of a bank); bank director; greenroom manager (in a theater)
winner-takes-all (system); taking everything (esp. winnings)
making a mold; taking a (dental) impression
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
fixed date; appointed day
layout (of a house or apartment); arrangement of rooms
after tax income; net income
stopping a sword stroke between one's bare hands
monopolizing; monopolising; monopolization; monopolisation
buying (valuable) secondhand books cheaply and reselling them at a higher price
affectation; pretension; posturing; posing as; behaving as; acting like
positioning; getting a position; taking a position
winner-takes-all (system); taking everything (esp. winnings)
focusing on only the good points or strong points; incorporating the benefits (while ignoring the drawbacks); picking the best of both (everything); cherry-picking (e.g. information)
randori (freestyle judo training)
cutting; tearing off; cutting (for a railroad, highway, etc.); cut; robbery with assault; burglary
laying out (e.g. ground plan, garden); layout; taking space; obtaining land; training done in one's own stable; (police) legwork
fork (e.g. in chess or shogi); situation in which two (or more) pieces are attacked at the same time
side pawn capture (opening)
entering the service of a daimyo
grade; class; quality; unit; digit; positioning of decimal point
getting something for nothing
person in charge of beheading (concluding a seppuku); executioner; person in charge of beheading; rikishi carrying a sword who follows the yokozuna to the ring during his ring-entering ceremony
audio recording; sound recording
sketching; drawing a plan; sketch
adaptation of a famous poem
to become a mistress; to serve as a concubine; to serve one's master
borrowing without returning
lively or quick witted person
picking young fruit or vegetables
buying items from the front of the shelf (i.e. with an earlier expiration date)