erection (usu. penis); standing erect; stiffening
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
pillage; plunder; looting; robbery
profit-and-loss arithmetic; calculating profit and loss; mercenary point of view
general; admiral; head; chief; old chap; mate
looks (esp. of a woman); features; ability; capability; (public) estimation (esp. of a man); credit
to get the short end of the stick; to get the bad end of a bargain
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
right of control; supremacy; sovereignty
to deliver; to extradite; to stretch across; to hand over
layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular
to be profitable; to yield a profit
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
merchant; trader; expert (in a trade or profession); professional; woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); demimondaine
sightseeing; watching; viewing; sightseer; watcher; spectator
to sell out; to sell widely; to sell on a large scale
extermination (esp. pests); expulsion; destruction
(what) one is trying to say; (what) one wants to say; (what) one is saying; (what) one means
I'm telling you this for your own good; here's some friendly advice
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
to be careful; to be discreet; to do in moderation; to refrain (from overdoing); to be reverent; to be purified
unpreparedness; falsehood; Chinese "Emptiness" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
(find) common (meeting) ground
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
fastidiousness; fussiness about cleanliness, etc.; clean-freak
never (even in error); never, ever; never, no matter what happens; by no means
concession; conciliation; compromise
to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to feel pain
to do what one is told to; to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says
bull; bulldog; bulldozer; bourgeois; bourgeoisie
liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point