tracing; trail left in the snow (by mountaineers); following (a trail of footprints); trace (of a matrix)
profit; earnings; stroke of luck
quick; prompt; alert; smart; clever; astute
rationalization; justification
(incredibly) cruel; atrocious; brutal; horrible; terrible; horrific
meat dish; meat-based cuisine
to drop like a rock (e.g. of reputation, power, influence); to go down the toilet
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
helplessly; easily; without resistance; without regret
hungrily; voraciously; ravenously; greedily; avariciously; eagerly
eating like a dog; eating greedily with one's head down; sloppy eating; (arch.) dogfighting
front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive
degree of perfection; level of completion; degree of completion
stock; inventory; stocking up (e.g. on food); (soup) stock; stock; share; stock (point-in-time economic quantity)
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
element; chemical element; (classical) element (e.g. earth, water, air, fire); (arch.) origin; (arch.) source
national language; Japanese language (esp. as a school subject in Japan); one's native language; mother tongue; native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords and Chinese-derived words)
formula; equation; method of calculation; calculus
Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)
drastic move (e.g. hold or strike in martial arts); power technique; display of power
laboratory testing bench; laboratory table; subject of an experiment; (human) guinea pig
thunderous roar; roaring sound
to do for real; to do in real life; to carry (a story) into actual practice
pseudo; quasi; artificial; simulated
to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse
(young) hoodlum; delinquent boy; small-time yakuza; brat; little shit
ill-bred; poorly brought up
to be onto a good thing; to make money without working; to line one's pockets
with one's own body; by one's own action; by one's own experience; barely (e.g. escape); narrowly
delivery; handing over; turning over; extradition
change of heart; change of mind; change in mental state
philosophical view; looking at philosophically; long view; farsighted view
sympathy; empathy; response; identification (with someone)
brazen-faced (about one's misdeed); audacious (despite being in the wrong); shameless; impudent
to add (to); to add on; to append
to change; to shift; to come and go