badger game; scheme in which a man and woman trick another man into a compromising situation for blackmail
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
shelving (a play, movie, etc.); closing down; cancelling; rice storehouse of the Edo shogunate
swallowtail butterfly (esp. the citrus swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus)
point-of-view pornography; gonzo pornography; pornography filmed by the actors themselves; secret filming of sex
swallowing whole; swallowing without chewing; taking something in without fully understanding it; accepting without reservation; accepting something as-is
to extort (money); to blackmail
veil of darkness; curtain of night
to be beside oneself; to lose one's head; to go mad with something
in the sentence; in the text; Bunchū era (of the Southern Court) (1372.4.?-1375.5.27)
lawless; outrageous; insolent; rude; inexcusable; unpardonable
to act cocky; to put on airs; to be full of oneself
hostess (in a hostess bar)
to get someone to say; to make someone say; to let someone say; to let someone speak out; to make a sound
financial world; business circles
going up and down; ascent and descent; climb and descent
wolf (Canis lupus); wolf in sheep's clothing; womanizer
stress relief; stress release; blowing off steam
cannibalism (in animals); feeding on each other; mutually harmful competition; internecine struggle; dog-eat-dog competition
to place persons opposite; to come face to face with; to compare (with); to check (against); to match
awkward; embarrassed; embarrassing; inconvenient; inopportune; untimely
to quit (a shady business); to wash one's hands of; to cut one's ties with; to wash one's feet
show business; entertainment industry; world of entertainment
stoic; stoical; self-disciplined; abstemious; Stoic (philosopher)
collar; lapel; neckband; nape of the neck; scruff of the neck