(young) hoodlum; delinquent boy; small-time yakuza; brat; little shit
daughter (of a good family)
person in the same line of business; people in the same trade; the trade; the profession
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox
writing; composition; essay; sentence
tool; implement; means; furniture
handwriting; handwritten; hand-painted; hand-drawn
treasury; treasure house; storehouse; treasure trove; rich source (of)
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
disorder; disturbance; unrest
to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; (lit.) to be packed to the hilt
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
judgement; judgment; expert opinion; appraisal
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
pair of compasses; compass (for drawing circles, etc.); (mariner's) compass; legs; step
quadrilateral; quadrangle; tetragon
drawing a figure; drawing a diagram; construction
perplexity; difficult question; difficult problem
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
aging; wearing out; deterioration
demolition; pulling down; destruction; dismantling
whim; vagary; capriciousness; eccentricity
spot cash; cash payment; immediate payment (in cash); cash down
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
large amount of money; great cost
chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat
to tease; to irritate; to tantalize; to keep (someone) in suspense
going straight to the point; cutting it short; as it turns out
to become familiar with; to fit in; to adapt oneself; to get used to; to grow accustomed to
anyway; anyhow; as one likes; by all means; at any cost; no matter what it takes
rhyming game; play on words; pun