to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
one's own judgement (judgment); decision made without consulting others; arbitrary decision; dogmatism
to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe
to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
going straight to the point; cutting it short; as it turns out
fishing; angling; change (for a purchase); clickbaiting; trolling; writing deliberately inflammatory posts online
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
blood relationship; consanguinity; blood relative
malicious; vicious; malignant; shoddy; inferior; poor-quality
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
benefit; use; good; profit; gains
adzuki bean (Vigna angularis)
poor crop; bad harvest; crop failure; low quality (e.g. of literary works)
easy money; easy gain; making a killing
business practice; business method; commerce; commercial law
changing into cash; encashment; cashing
substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
son (of others); boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world
set; suit; uniform collection; entirely; all; every one
race (of people); type of person
by a hair's breadth; in the nick of time; touch and go; close call; critical moment
to take by deception; to defraud someone of; to swindle someone out of; to cheat someone out of
champion of justice; knight in shining armor; crime avenger; hero; super hero
police officer; policeman; policewoman
to break into (houses here and there); to rampage
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
ladle; dipper; wild chervil (Anthriscus sylvestris); cow parsley; keck
successful execution; accomplishment; completion; fulfillment; carrying through
to get between; to be caught in
throwaway; disposable; single-use