fixed date; appointed day
shading; (colour) gradation; kumadori; style of kabuki makeup used for violent roles
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)
having one's choice; (ability to) pick and choose
① 他人よりも先に、自分のものにしたり、事を行うこと。② 先に料金や利子などを受け取ること。
coloring; colouring; color scheme; colour scheme; (touch of) colour; embellishment
monopolizing; monopolising; monopolization; monopolisation
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
programme; program; plans; arrangements
① 音頭を取る人。頭領。② 銀行の長。③ 相撲で力士を取り締まりまとめる人。④ 歌舞伎の劇場などで楽屋の取り締まりにあたる役、その人。⑤ 雅楽において、合奏の際の管楽器の首席演奏者。⑥ 能楽または歌舞伎の三番叟において、小鼓を演奏する三人の鼓方のうちの中央の演奏者。
snatching; stealing; seizure; usurpation
layout (of a house or apartment); arrangement of rooms
positioning; getting a position; taking a position
winner-takes-all (system)
after tax income; net income
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)
① きりとること。② コンピュータ上のデータを、別の場所へ変更を加えずに移動させること。カット。
randori (freestyle judo training)
stopping a sword stroke between one's bare hands
laying out (e.g. ground plan, garden); layout; taking space (Go); obtaining land; training done in one's own stable; (police) legwork
entering the service of a daimyo
grabbing; taking (as much as one can hold) by the hand
grade; class; quality; unit; digit; positioning of decimal point
ship-to-ship cargo transfer; off-shore delivery (into smaller boats)
sketching; drawing a plan; sketch
audio recording; sound recording
adaptation of a famous poem
lively or quick witted person
to become a mistress; to serve as a concubine; to serve one's master
borrowing without returning
getting something for nothing
picking young fruit or vegetables