exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing
mere shadow of one's former self; having no trace left (of former glories, talent, looks, etc.); unrecognizable (as the person one used to be); unrecognisable
to make one's name well known; to gain much fame
to risk one's life (to do); to put one's life on the line; to step forward (to do); to give one's all
steward; butler; court official; deacon (Anglican, Lutheran, etc.)
if possible; if it is in my power; if it was realistic
to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures
capture; takeover; hijack; skyjacking
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
to dismiss (an employee); to discharge; to divorce one's wife; to give a holiday; to give vacation time
to get along (with someone); to be like-minded; to be congenial
urgent; requiring quick (response)
comfortable to live in (of a neighborhood, etc.); convenient; congenial; agreeable
part (esp. of the body); region; site; cut (of meat)
core; tang (of a sword, etc.); middle of a nest of boxes
hit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person); sympathy; mutual understanding
unbelievable; incredible; implausible
master; expert; expert board game player (chess, go, shogi, etc.)
representative; exemplary; model
provisional enrollment; provisional enrolment
the same; the said; likewise
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
process; course; mechanism
to go with the flow; to go with the times
counting backwards; calculating backwards; inverse operation; reverse operation
to cross (e.g. road); to traverse
pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting
to suck up; to pump up; to siphon off (profits, etc.); to exploit; to take up others' opinions, hopes, etc.
to know (a person); to think
to exercise one's authority as a (noun); to act as a (noun)
point; gist; essentials; knack; trick; the ropes
one sheet; one page; one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.); one chō (unit of distance, 109.09 m); one game
failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards
loss; feeling of loss; Los Angeles
all parts; various parts; every department