top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
short-distance race; sprint
blunder; (careless) mistake; error
chicken katsu; chicken cutlet
jet; spray; injection; jet propulsion
to curl oneself up; to squeeze oneself in; to be huddled
fetters; shackles; hobbles; encumbrance; hindrance; burden
kurin; nine vertically stacked rings on a pagoda finial
to get change back; to be more than enough
thief; robber; burglar; bandit
fixed date; appointed day
as likely as not; 50-50; even match; tie
to knock down; to beat up (till unable to stand)
evening; night; nighttime
starting point for an ascent (mountain, stairs, etc.); base (of mountain, etc.)
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
hound; hunting dog; gun dog
the grass; grassy place (esp. with long dense grass)
sound of something making firm contact with a flat surface
pointer (dog breed); English pointer; pointer (rod); pointing stick; (mouse) pointer; mouse cursor
malicious; deliberately mean
bits and pieces; frizzily (as in perm)
signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking
simmering; (boiling) gently
debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money