recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
greedy; ruthless; cruel; exploitative
vice; immorality; corruption
trader; dealer; businessperson; fellow trader; people in the same trade
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
large (amount of money); huge; hefty; expensive
crafty; vicious; unscrupulous; sharp
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
brake; drag; skid; brake (on inflation, spending, etc.); check; restraint
fork; junction; parting of the ways; turning point
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
marsh; swamp; obsession; addiction; ugly man; retard
curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange
to invest in; to sink money into; to put into; to lay out (funds); to inject; to impregnate
temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction
to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing; to break off from (pursuer); to pull away
to live; to make a living; to get on with
brake; (a) stop (to a development, behavior, etc.); (the) brakes
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser; poor at letting things go; unable to accept the inevitable
carelessly (throwing, tossing, etc.); nonchalantly; casually
disappointed love; broken heart; unrequited love; being lovelorn
payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
branch road; forked road; branch; crossroads (of a course of events); turning point; parting of the ways
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
tout; swindler; con-man; pimp
choice; selection; option
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
good; goodness; right; virtue
nature; natural constitution; innate disposition
nature; disposition; temperament; qualities; attributes; talents
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)
to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
soaked to the skin; like a drowned rat
thanks; gratitude; appreciation; thankfulness
to do ... incessantly; to do ... hard; (arch.) to happen repeatedly; (arch.) to happen over and over again
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell