to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
to be crushed; to be squashed; to go bankrupt; to go under; to be ruined (of a plan); to be cancelled; to be lost (of one's voice, eyesight, sense of smell, etc.)
to crush; to squash; to flatten; to quash (a plan, opposition, etc.); to crush; to suppress
to (hit and) crush; to smash; to squash; to defeat soundly; to crush (an opponent, hopes, etc.)
to trample; to crush underfoot
to paint over; to paint out; to fill in; to cover completely (with paint)
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
killing time; keeping oneself occupied; time killer; wasting time; waste of time
to smash (violently); to crush; to ruin (a plan, company, etc.); to wreck; to destroy
to mash; to grind; to pulverize; to dissipate (a fortune); to run through; to lose
sour (expression); (lit.) as if having chewed on a bitter bug
to drink oneself dead drunk; to drink oneself unconscious
dissolution of a feudal clan by the shogunate and confiscation of its fief
sand, ash, etc., thrown in the eyes to blind someone; throwing something at someone's eyes to blind them; eye poke (in combat sports); eye-gouging
killing time; keeping oneself occupied; wasting time; waste of time
to waste time; to kill time
to dissolve (an organization, company, etc.); to break up; to close down; to scrap (a plan, etc.)
to eat oneself out of house and home; to eat up completely
to pinch and crush; to pinch out
good-for-nothing; parasite; deadbeat; loafer; drone; idler
one by one; thoroughly; exhaustively; with a fine-tooth comb
to make someone lose face; to embarrass someone; to make someone look foolish
to be choked up; to be crushed (emotionally); to be overcome (with emotion); to be shocked; to be horrified
complete ruin; collapse; losing (something) completely (e.g. face)
to drink someone down; to drink someone under the table
very thorough search (for contraband, escaped convict, etc.); fine-tooth-comb search; exhaustive search; scouring
to be flabbergasted; to be amazed; to be astounded; to be stunned
to lose face; to be disgraced
collapse; ruin; destruction; break (on a printed line, letter, etc.)
shelving; pigeonholing; putting to one side; strangling; throttling; crushing
to be able to do other work; to have transferable skills; to be adaptable; (lit.) to be valuable as scrap
to drive into the ground (e.g. car); to ride to death (e.g. horse)
to get dead drunk; to drink oneself into a stupor
blotting out; fill (in graphics)
to run through one's fortune (in idleness)
to drink away one's money; to be a sot; to get wasted; to drink someone under the table
popping bubble wrap (for fun, stress relief, etc.)
publicly predicting the future developments of a creative work (making it difficult for the creator to use those ideas)
type of woman's hairdo (Edo period)
flat nose; flat-nose person
to cry one's eyes out; to weep oneself blind
slightly crushed sweetened red-bean paste
to lose face; to be put out of countenance
union-busting; union-bashing
crushed umeboshi; crushed pickled plum