seeming (to be); appearing; apparently
handler (esp. of dogs); handler (software routine)
to kick down; to oust (a rival) to advance oneself; to push (someone) aside to get ahead
taking great pains (to do); making every effort; having a lot of trouble (doing); racking one's brains
devious; cunning; sly; crafty
looking like a ...; acting as if a ...
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
making a creepy, slimy, self-satisfied grin; smirking in an unsettling way
earnings from a part-time job; part-time job pay
rich person; wealthy person
to have (someone) by the short hairs; to have something on (someone)
beauty; siren; courtesan; prostitute
one's financial situation; one's finances; state of one's purse
box seat; (restaurant) booth; box (theater, sports stadium, etc.)
automated teller machine; automatic teller machine; asynchronous transfer mode; ATM; anti-tank missile
(corporate) restructuring; downsizing; laying off (workers)
blackmail; extortion; threat (to extort money)
bibimbap (Korean rice dish)
skirt steak; meat cut from the diaphragm; belly meat (e.g. salmon); peritoneal meat (e.g. chicken)
Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period
straw mat used as a bag for carrying earth
silencing (a machine, gun, etc.); muffling; muting (e.g. a TV)
crunch crunch; thud thud; tramp tramp
self-interest; selfish desire
sincerity; true heart; devotion
sizzling (of cooking meat, fish, etc.); frizzling