maze; labyrinth; inner ear
hiring from another company; recruitment; quick costume change in kabuki (taking off outer costume); drawing (wire, pipes, metal plate)
to use somebody's (argument, attack) against them
(musical) conductor; commander; leader; director
lack of ability; inadequacy; (being) out of one's depth
800,000; eight hundred thousand
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
three countries; Three Kingdoms (in China, 220 CE-280 CE); Three Kingdoms (in Korea, 57 BCE-668 CE); (arch.) Japan, China and India; (arch.) Japan, Korea and China
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
most difficult; next to impossible
triangular position; three-cornered contest
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
weak point; unskillfulness
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
third day of the month; three days
severe punishment; rigorous measures
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
being forced to commit seppuku; to be forced to bear responsibility and resign from one's position
to regret bitterly; to be very sorry (for); (lit.) to bite one's navel
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
to employ; to hire; to charter
to blow upon; to breathe on; to pick (a fight); to force (unreasonable terms); to exaggerate; to overcharge
killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
suited to the occasion; expedient; ad hoc
appropriate (urgent) response; expediency
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; shapely; neatly; cleanly; without trouble; clearly
as affairs stand; judging from the present situation; as things are now
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
to take responsibility (for a fallout); to accept the blame; to take the blame
maid; helper; help; assistance
to start rowing; to begin to row; to row out (e.g. to sea); to pull out; to start pedaling; to begin to pedal
lattice; counter for large bundles (e.g. 10 sheafs of rice, 200 sheets of calligraphy paper, 20 whistling arrows, 100 fish); handbreadth (unit for measuring the length of arrows)
hedge; fence; border; limit