contract (for work); contracting; undertaking
half the amount (of money); half price; half fare
irregular; indeterminate; tramp (steamer)
aggressive; pushy; in-your-face
shifting (the burden) onto; ill effects; negative consequences; burden
pushing; backing; boosting; pushing from behind (a cart, etc.); pusher
toast; congratulatory cup
being surrounded by enemies on all sides; being betrayed (forsaken) by everybody
privately; with outsiders barred; en famille
to make merry and forget one's troubles; to do as one pleases
to slip out (e.g. from one's fingers); to cleanly forget
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
fifth day of the month; five days
already; as early as; at the earliest; at the soonest
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
introduced species; non-native species; alien species
alligator snapping turtle (Macroclemys temminckii)
puffer fish; blow fish; fugu; globefish; swellfish
to combine parts of two different things into a new thing; to compromise; to balance out
inevitable; inescapable; unavoidable
avarice; greed; covetousness; raga (desire)
to end in vain; to be wasted effort
expedient; means; instrument; upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching)
timewasting; killing time
to mow down; to scythe down; to knock someone off their feet
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
suspicious character (person, figure)
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
things depend on how you look at them
to be angry; to resent; to be enraged; to be indignant
tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
tsukemono; Japanese pickled vegetables
(right at the) side; just beside
to pair with; to pair up; to pair off