to use up; to exhaust; to wear out
fraud; trickery; hoax; swindle; counterfeit; fake
brake; drag; skid; restraint; curtailment; self-imposed limit
daytime; during the day; Japan and China
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
after the end (of something); post-
check; checkmate; stave off; control; restraint; inhibit
fleeting life; this transient world; sad world; world of grief and worry; the world of the living; this life
skill; skillful; dexterity; flattery
history of; experience of
facing; opposite; across the street; other side
play; recreation; play (theatre); performance; staging; praying
observation; survey; watching
(a matter of) chance; fortune (of a given time); force of the times
to let (someone) take hold of your hand
sphere; counter for balls
debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money
stress relief; stress release; blowing off steam
to loaf (particularly on the job); to idle one's time away; to dawdle
consecutive defeats; series of defeats
being addicted to; being wholly absorbed by; falling ill; becoming sick
to embezzle; to misappropriate; to peculate; to accustom oneself to using; to use for a long time
black suit; mourning clothes; black-suited staff member (e.g. in restaurant, sex establishment, etc.)
leaving to chance; leaving to fate
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character
to trace back to (the origins of something)
certain amount; some; certain person; Mr So-and-so; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
to be profitable; to yield a profit
hanging low (over); hovering around (price level); low hanging (e.g. clouds); sluggish (e.g. economy); slump; recession
very loose; slowly; leisurely
to roll; to wheel; to turn over; to tip over; to leave; to buy and sell (quickly for a profit)
bribe; money under the table
gang of young toughs; hooligans; hoodlums; hoods; yobbos
four-of-a-kind (poker hand)
three-of-a-kind (poker hand)