to be profitable; to yield a profit
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
merchant; trader; expert (in a trade or profession); professional; woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); demimondaine
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
delightful; satisfying; gratifying; brisk; piquant
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
sightseeing; watching; viewing; sightseer; watcher; spectator
to sell out; to sell widely; to sell on a large scale
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
even more; still more; further
to bring; to take; to bring about
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right
extermination (esp. pests); expulsion; destruction
gunpowder magazine; magazine; explosives warehouse; (fig.) powder keg
scale; scope; plan; structure
even if I say so myself; for me (to do such a thing)
(what) one is trying to say; (what) one wants to say; (what) one is saying; (what) one means
evasion; excuse; subterfuge; runaround
I'm telling you this for your own good; here's some friendly advice
trampling down; overrunning; infringement; violation
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
good-for-nothing; worthless
mob; the masses; rabble; riffraff
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
I have nothing to do with it
to be careful; to be discreet; to do in moderation; to refrain (from overdoing); to be reverent; to be purified
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
unpreparedness; falsehood; Chinese "Emptiness" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
(find) common (meeting) ground
negotiations; discussions; connection
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
to churn up; to strike up; to throw up; to tip up; to flip up
minimum; lowest; minimal; least
fastidiousness; fussiness about cleanliness, etc.; clean-freak
young girl; lass; adolescent female
youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy