取

saving a seat (e.g. by leaving something on it); holding a seat (for a friend, etc.); reserving a place

defrauding; swindle

Sumo

technique; techniques

acquirer

shading; (colour) gradation

kumadori; style of kabuki makeup used for violent roles

trade-in; part exchange

competition for school marks; keeping score; score

drawing water from river or lake; water intake

control law

shōchū made from sake lees

low-quality moonshine (esp. post-WWII); hooch (hootch)

chamfering; beveling; bevelling

rounding the edges (of a vegetable); trimming the corners

scoring in succession (points, sets, etc.)

key performer; last performer of the day

laying out (e.g. ground plan, garden); layout

Go (game)

taking space; obtaining land; gaining territory

Sumo

training done in one's own stable

Abbreviation

(police) legwork

first goal; first point

crop; yield; harvest; catch; take

to shade; to graduate; to tint

to put on stage makeup; to make up (one's face)

fishing, esp. using a net or trap; catching fish

leading a horse, cow, etc.

groom; horse boy

hors d'oeuvre; appetizer; side dish

trader who provides cash to debtors by getting them to make expensive credit card purchases and then buying the purchases at a fraction of the price

measuring worm; inchworm; looper (caterpillar)

to color; to colour; to paint

to touch up (by tracing the same image, letter, etc.)

mosquito repellent

usurpation