attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
vagrancy; wandering; nomadism
time passes; the days and months go by; the months roll on
to be ruined (reduced to poverty); to fall low; to go under; to come to ruin
to gain; to earn (for oneself); to win
professional gambler; gamester
incessant; constant; continuous; perpetual; everlasting
jumping about; rampancy; domination
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
townhouse (i.e. house in the middle of a town); traditional townhouse; tradesman's house (esp. a home with a shop in front); merchant's house; merchant's family
to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
here and there; in places
gambling den; gambling house
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
starting afresh; going back to square one; abandoning (e.g. a plan); clearing an abacus
set; company; companions; fellows
self-styled humanitarian; person acting under the pretence of chivalry while participating in gangs and engaging in gambling
Lu (Chinese vassal state existing during the Spring and Autumn period)
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos
to find an excuse; to rationalize; to find a pretext
loser; failure; underdog; unmarried and childless older woman
self-respect; self-confidence; guts; backbone; pride; drive
tie up; bind; sum; total amount; judo choking (strangling) techniques; last meal eaten when going restaurant hopping; completion
race (of people); type of person
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
wretched; miserable; shameful; mean; despicable; abject
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
to shout (in anger); to yell
retreating figure; appearance from behind
back street; back alley; slums
bar; saloon; pub; tavern; drinking establishment
street; quarter; district; area
isolation; being alone; being friendless