pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting
carnivore; carnivorous animal
ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
soldiers garrisoned at strategic posts in Kyushu in ancient times; Chinese soldiers stationed to protect remote regions of the country during the Tang dynasty
flight (e.g. airline flight); trip (e.g. train trip); mail; post; opportunity; chance
amount of payment; amount paid
(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
to take advantage of; to impose on; to make an entry (in an account book)
eighth day of the month; eight days
to offer for sale; to put on the market
setback; deadlock; standstill; impasse; miscarriage
discipline; punishment; reprimand
what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?
collection (e.g. of a debt); dunning; selection (for a position); exceptional promotion; fresh; freshly picked
song lyrics; words of a song; libretto
if (it) doesn't exist; if there is no ...; if not ...; unless ...; have to ...; must ...
reckless; (at) random; haphazard; blind; sudden; abrupt
without; unless; have to do
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
information transfer; information transmission
doubt; skepticism; scepticism; disbelief
miser; niggard; cheapskate
to be sticky; to be stringy; to be glutinous
(not) merely; (not) simply
impossible to do (although wants to)
to stagnate; to be delayed; to be left undone; to be overdue (of a payment); to fall into arrears; to be outstanding
to count on the abacus; to calculate cost-benefit; to calculate profitability; to be guided by self-interest
credit; money owed on an account; bill; hot noodles in broth; proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); in the midst of; rest
discount; reduction; rebate; tenths discounted; tenths reduced
(being in) the red; deficit; red letter; red writing; corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red