to beat down prices; to strike a hard bargain
wealthy; rich; affluent; well-off
honourable poverty; honorable poverty
noble; lofty; high-minded; virtuous; upright
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; refined sake
pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
inner thoughts; real intention; at heart; deep down; inner center (centre)
being put off (by someone's words, behaviour, etc.); being taken aback; recoiling (in shock, disgust, etc.); zooming out or pulling the camera back to get a wider image (in film and TV)
device; instrument; vessel; container; ability; capacity
seducer; smooth talker; picking up women; hitting on women; moderate party; moderate
catastrophe; cataclysm; collapse (of a relationship); breakup; split (friends, lovers, etc.)
travels; pilgrimage; itinerancy
sexy; popular; well-liked
transcendence; excellence; superiority
slut; floozie; ho; bitch; witch; overbearing woman
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
a little; paltry; piddling; stud; chad
any moment now; any minute now; as soon as possible; right away
to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug
when; how soon; how long until
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
palm (of one's hand); skill; (in one's) grip; (under one's) control; one's (concealed) intentions; one's cards
playing with fire; doing something dangerous; (fig.) playing with fire; playing around (with someone); flirting
ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
to press a question; to cross-examine
hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
Zen dialogue; Zen questions and answers
bad influence; negative influence
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
to wear away; to rub down; to abrade