horse; horse racing; promoted bishop; knight (court card in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta)
study; library; den; home office; reading room
to look for; to search for; to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.); to binge; to fish
to chase; to run after; to pursue; subsequently; following that; (and) then
to find out; to discover; to locate
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to overlook; to fail to notice; to miss (seeing)
to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)
feeding (animals); provisioning
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
top (of a mountain); summit; peak; height; orgasm; climax
Naraka; Hell; very bottom; the end; trap room (of a theatre); below-stage basement
to fall; to drop; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to decrease (of popularity, quality, speed, sales, etc.); to fall; to be inferior (to)
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
natural; reasonable; understandable
schedule; program; calendar
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
tightness (of money, financial conditions, etc.); pressure; stringency; being strained (of a situation); being tense; being pressing
to give up; to admit defeat; to throw in the towel
to call (someone) back; to recall; to call home; to bring back (memories, etc.); to recall; to revive
use; utilization; utilisation; application
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
strained lees (e.g. sake, tofu); draff
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
behaviour; behavior; conduct
proposal; proposition; suggestion
full; wholehearted; utmost; overall width
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
reins; bridle; control; the reins (on)
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
to tag along; to follow; to tail; to leave tracks; to leave footprints
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (someone)
traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist
to read the situation; to sense the mood; to read the room
quickly (esp. actions); suddenly (esp. wind, rain, etc.)
to make way for; to make room for; to get out of the way; to pave the way for; to open up opportunity
order; command; directions; instructions
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
last drink (of sake); last glass; last cup
disorder; disturbance; unrest
several steps; much (better, higher, etc.); several cuts (above)
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
bloodshot eyes; (doing something in a) frenzy