mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
choice; selection; diagnosis; medical opinion; judgement; opinion
pursuer; pursuing party; posse
licking one's lips; licking one's chops
to watch for an unguarded moment
to calculate; to compute; to deduce; to infer; to conclude
legitimate self-defence; legitimate self-defense
victory goes to the one who makes the first move; being quick to take action leads to victory; the early bird gets the worm
spy; agent provocateur; covert operative; maker; builder; constructor
cutting a person down (without a second thought); sacrificing; throwing to the wolves; omission; rounding down (e.g. fractions); truncation
of tender years; very young
unreasonably stubborn; not knowing when to give up
to be lured; to be tempted; to go along with somebody's suggestion; to be talked into doing
hollow; cavity; dent; depression
(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante)
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
visual kei; fashion style heavy on make-up and elaborate hairstyles, used among Japanese rock bands and musicians; attractive person
Gothic (style); Gothic (typeface)
finely chiseled (features)
big hit; smash hit; popular item (e.g. movie, music)
intelligence operative; spy
exit (from a stage); exeunt; leaving; exit
irrefutable evidence; smoking gun; solid evidence; incontestable proof; dead giveaway
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
subleader; assistant leader
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
documentary evidence; documentation
one's family and followers; one's whole clan
running-in; breaking in (e.g. engine, etc.); accustomizing; warming up
migratory locust (Locusta migratoria)
to result in death; to lead to death; to be fatal (e.g. disease)
mid-range; mid-scale; mid-size
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
rampancy; prevalence; domination
circumference; perimeter; work outside the office; outer tracks (in a loop or curve)