grazing; touching lightly; squeezing (someone for money); percentage; kickback
freely; right and left; as one pleases
to see everything; to see all; to abandon; to give up; to sell at a loss; to sell off
focusing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely; selfish; self-serving
trick that may deceive a child; transparent ploy; mere child's play; kid stuff; puerile trick
rogue; thug; hoodlum; punk; racketeer
one large ...; a great ...
being out of time; passing the deadline; time-out
many people; a large number of people
being beyond recovery; having no hope of recovery
escort (e.g. under guard); convoy
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
leakage; omission; oversight; I; me
children's story; fairy tale
to tuck one's tail between one's legs; to admit defeat; to turn tail (and run)
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
bad luck (result from fortune telling); evil countenance
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
to force (someone) to take part; to take along unwillingly
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
not a chance; you wish!; that's not going to happen; that won't work
finally; in the end; on top of all that
to mishear; to hear wrongly; to misunderstand
to become better; to improve
straightforwardly; readily; without hesitation
damp; moist (negative nuance)
to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor
older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy
tree frog (esp. the Japanese tree frog, Hyla japonica)
toad (esp. the Japanese toad, Bufo japonicus)
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
to read thoroughly; to read repeatedly; to express (e.g. emotion in poetry); to read (extra meaning) into (something); to fetch (e.g. CPU inst.); to read (data into a system)
worn-out; shabby; seedy; wrinkled-up; threadbare
to fill to capacity; to pack; to complete; to tessellate
notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
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