to kindle; to build a fire; to instigate; to stir up; to incite
steady; sound; reliable; solid
alternative name; alternate name; assumed name of a customer in a brothel (for anonymity); stage name
pay; salary; wages; allowance; grant; supply
dangerous person; security risk; loose cannon
diversion (from e.g. one's worries); distraction
playing the victim; playing the victim card
to shorten; to cut short; to trim; to cut down on; to reduce; to scrimp on
habitat; home (e.g. of the tiger)
national character; regional character
proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim
pushy; pushing; self-assertive
one cause; one reason; one factor
common knowledge; being well-known; making (something) well-known
cooperation; mutual aid (help)
to find a clear solution; to come to a clean decision; to give a clear explanation; to divide exactly (without remainder); to divide evenly
fund-raising; collection of funds
nailing on; nailing down; being stationary; being rooted to the spot; (price) pegging
to give an order; to place an order; to have made to order
raising a question; posing a problem; setting a hare running
exposing; unmasking; laying bare
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
to tame (e.g. animal); to domesticate
going feral (of a species); reverting to wild; escape
to be caught; to be captured; to be able to catch; to be able to capture
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
turning another away at the gate or front door; refusing to receive a caller
to be willing to do anything (any trick) to achieve one's end
kana; Japanese syllabary (i.e. hiragana, katakana)
lateness; tardiness; arriving late
fragment; scrap; cut end; cut-off piece; chip; odds and ends
besides; furthermore; on top of that; and yet; nevertheless; even so