inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
conviction; belief; confidence
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
to wander from place to place; to change jobs
and then; and so; and; so then
passing through; through passage
halfway up (down) a mountain; mountainside
male; manly; brave; larger (of the two); greater; (arch.) man
lei (garland of flowers); lei (plural of leu; currency of Rumania and Moldova)
crisp (e.g. potato chip, fried fish, etc.); crunchy; grumpily; touchily; scratching
to get mad; to be highly offended; to get pissed off; to get angry; to lose one's cool
practice (as opposed to theory); actual practice; actual site; (at) the scene; (on) the spot
tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
bill; handbill; flier; flyer; leaflet; poster
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
chaos; turmoil; pandemonium; havoc
fully fledged; full-fledged; proper; competent; qualified; full-grown
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
I thought so; I suspected as much; Just as I thought; Now you are talking; That's the spirit
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
even though; despite; notwithstanding
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
concentrated fire; intense criticism
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon