shrewd; astute; cunning; alert
one cause; one reason; one factor
wild; in disarray; harum-scarum; hysteric
size; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months; sic bo (Macao dice game)
to shout (in anger); to yell
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
genuine article; real thing; real deal
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
plan; scheme; plot; design; project; intention
to strain (one's ears, eyes); to prick up (one's ears)
low-life; sleazebag; boor; person of humble rank; humble person; peasant
to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way); to put off; to delay; to postpone
all you want; as much as one wants
lowborn; humble; vulgar; coarse; shabby; greedy
after this; henceforth; henceforward; from now on
business discussion; negotiation
leaving; going home; quitting one's job; free time; leisure
need; want; necessity; expenses; cost
please sit down; please have a seat
to go out and away; to leave
suddenly; abruptly; deliberately; slowly; gently
large amount of money; great cost
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
greedy; avaricious; rapacious; insatiable
too-good-to-be-true offers (e.g. scams and frauds); too-good-to-be-true stories
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
trade; buying and selling
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
loss and gain; advantage and disadvantage
to fertilize; to fertilise; to manure; to enrich
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
to roll in; to tumble into; to visit (esp. to stay overnight as an unwanted guest); to fall in one's way; to fall into one's lap
to lose (money, etc.); to waste one's (time, etc.); to have one's efforts come to naught
expresses incredulousness, disbelief, irony, etc.
traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary; fundamentals; the ABCs of ...