last night; yesterday evening
association; union; guild
pastime; hobby; favorite amusement; dissipation; debauchery; loose living
family business; family trade; one's occupation; one's trade
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
(acupuncture) needle; acupuncture
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
fighting (against); taking on (an opponent); facing; confronting; competing (with); battle
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
reinforcement; augmentation; strengthening; increase; buildup
many; much; plenty; hardly
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
unprepared; careless; imprudent; indiscreet
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
upper part; upper stream; upper course of a river; right side of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage left (actor's POV); skillful (in comparisons)
skillful; adroit; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme
to slip through; to slip past; to evade
disturbance; perturbation; derangement
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
all-out attack; general offensive
people; men and women; each person; everybody
rising; ascending; climbing
boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. debate); excitement; soaring (prices); shooting up
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
ignoring; acting as if it is nothing
wild; growing wild; living in the wild; (arch.) I
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable
furthermore; adding to the above-mentioned; not quite; not very good; lacking
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy
title (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord); job title; position (in a company); degree; status; rank
being incident to; being accompanied by; being collateral with; being attached to
to use somebody's (argument, attack) against them
to take advantage of one's carelessness; to perform a surprise attack
what would (you) do?; what to do about it
flushing (of one's cheeks); dizziness; rush of blood to the head
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
undisputed; entirely; perfect