gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
izakaya; Japanese bar that also serves various dishes and snacks
without permission; without notice
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
preference; priority; precedence
lucky; nice!; score!; bingo!
convenient; handy; useful
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
regular; usual; favourite; favorite; preferred; accustomed
to have a taste for; to be fond of; to enjoy (in moderation); to be modest; to be prudent; to watch (e.g. one's behaviour)
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
ignoring (one thing) for (another)
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
shrewdly; smartly; calculatingly; astutely; cunningly
to get down to business; to cut to the chase; to get straight to the point; to move on to the main subject
serving concurrently as; holding the additional post of
activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
young person; youth; young
high praise; great admiration; rave reviews
going into battle; departure for the front
being irresistible; being furiously vigorous; being intensely forceful
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
successor; replacement; second wife
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
to knock down; to knock off
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)