nose for profit; commercial spirit; flair for making money through business
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
eyetooth; cuspid; canine (tooth); dogtooth
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person
wording (esp. of written text); classical Chinese literary style; traditional written Chinese
(making a) lesson (of); (setting an) example; warning
to make sense; to be consistent; to be logical; to stand to reason; to be coherent
to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through
to be destroyed; to perish; to go out (e.g. fire); to destroy; to get rid of; to extinguish
emission (of light); radiation (of light); luminescence
leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing
to float; to rise to the surface; to stand out; to be visible; to be alienated
to be puffed up with pride; to throw out one's chest
tearing limb from limb; tearing apart; cutting (a person) to pieces
sword strike; sword slash
tip of nose; before one's eyes; under one's nose; tip (of something)
to begin to dissolve; to start melting; to dissolve into (a liquid)
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
dew; tears; (not) a bit; (not) at all
provocation; stirring up; arousal; excitement; stimulation
groundwork; foundation; inclination; aptitude; undercoat; first coat
for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad
waking or sleeping; constantly; at all times; twenty-four hours a day
to reel; to wind; to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to count (e.g. the days); to open one-by-one
to apply the art of resuscitation (in judo, etc.); to breathe life into; to stimulate; to encourage someone
to finger; to play with; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
practice; experience; habituation; being used to; being comfortable with; being experienced in
pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
use of seductive techniques to attain one's ends (usu. of women)
leaving everything up to someone else
tedious; boring; dull; to feel bored; to get bored (with); to get tired (of)
should time and circumstances permit
as much as one wants; as many as one wants; all that one wishes for
republication; reissue; reprinting; reproduction