(handling) fee; charge (e.g. for a cancellation); commission; brokerage
amount sold; sales; proceeds; takings; turnover
to get in someone's pocket; to help oneself to someone's wallet; to curry favour (favor); to butter up; to get in close to one's opponent
the die is cast; there is no going back; point of no return; alea iacta est; alea jacta est
landing place (for aircraft); common ground; compromise; agreement
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
armed might; military power; the sword; force
proper; respectable; decent; honest
to conquer (e.g. an enemy); to defeat; to overcome (a difficulty); to out-hit
wise; sagacious; intelligent; sensible
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
proposal; offer; report; proposition; notice; request
war; fighting; fierce competition
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
to leave to chance; to resign oneself to one's fate; to leave the rest to heaven
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
on closer reflection; on second thought; come to think of it; actually
ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
to etch into one's mind; to remember well
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
public order; public peace; public security; law and order
to call; to summon; to send for; to call together
public finance; financial affairs; financial situation
one swing; one shake (e.g. of pepper); one sword
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
disgrace; discredit; dishonor; dishonour; blot; shame
ancestral spirit; collective of ancestral spirits which have lost their individualities; ancestor deified as a kami; spirit of a kami
showing one's face in public; facing another person
strong pressure; heavy pressure
origin of an affair; spark that lit the fuse; beginning
wild; uninhibited; extravagant; rampant
to exert oneself and win; to gain (victory)
impeachment; denunciation; accusation; censure
lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)