wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
practical; realistic; pragmatic
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
to make someone realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home to someone; to teach someone a lesson
tone (of argument); tenor; drift
to say; to be pleased to say
to slash back; to strike back; to counterattack; to cut the wheel; to perform a twisting backward knee trip
to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind
former; previous; old; first move (in go, shogi, etc.); opening move
when it comes to; concerning
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
abacus; soroban; calculation (esp. of profit and loss); reckoning
to burst open; to split open; to be bursting with (e.g. youth, laughter, flavor); to bounce; to bound
the future; future prospects
negligence; neglect; carelessness; procrastination
disadvantage; drawback; demerit; bad point; minus
adding up; totalling; totaling
(balance) scales; shoulder carrying pole; steelyard
to pattern after; to liken to; to imitate
mask; disguise; guise; mask
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
not a little; not a few; considerable
to fill in a hole; to plug a gap (money, personnel, etc.); to make up for a deficiency; to cover a deficit
treatment (of a person); dealing with
reservation; putting on hold; deferment
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
eternity; permanence; perpetuity
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
lineage; pedigree; family line; birth
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead