convenience; user-friendliness
illegal; illicit; unlawful
placement; fixed position; mapping out; location
inside; interior; inner part
retrenchment; curtailment; economy
to draw on one's experience; to make good use of one's experience; to turn one's experience to good account
middle stage; middle phase; middle game; midfield
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead
pilgrimage; walking tour; travelling (on foot)
(turned out) all right in the end
dance hall; dance floor; landing (stairs); leveling off (e.g. in the economy); period of stagnation
to run down (stairs, etc.)
lukewarm; tepid; half-hearted; vague; lenient; mild
junior high school student; middle school pupil
to jump down; to jump off; to jump from; to jump out of
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
to stoop; to lean over; to bend forward; to bend down; to crouch; to squat
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
apt to (do); liable to; prone to
colouring; coloring; shade (of colour); flavour; nuance; feel
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
to be spattered by blood from one's victim; to suffer a reaction; to receive a backlash
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)
spurt of blood (from one's victim)
to become excited; to grow lively
overhasty; rash; premature
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
to squeeze; to wring out; to narrow down; to refine
cut; cutting; haircut; shuffle (cards); shuffling; scene
diversionary tactics (maneuvering); disguise; hide by camouflage
no matter how much time passes
most important condition (for); first prerequisite
to make way for; to make room for; to get out of the way; to pave the way for; to open up opportunity
identifying a severed head; checking a person's identity
just now; at this moment; at this point of time
daytime; during the day; Japan and China