to get the short end of the stick; to get the bad end of a bargain
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in honor or celebration of someone or something); drinking one's glass dry
right of control; supremacy; sovereignty
to deliver; to extradite; to stretch across; to hand over
layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular
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
sightseeing; watching; viewing; sightseer; spectator; viewer
to sell out; to sell widely; to sell on a large scale
ground beetle; carabid (esp. of superfamily Caraboidea, but excluding subfamily Carabinae); Anisodactylus signatus (species of ground beetle)
extermination (of pests); eradication; stamping out (e.g. a social evil)
(what) one is trying to say; (what) one wants to say; (what) one is saying; (what) one means
I'm telling you this for your own good; here's some friendly advice
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
to be careful; to be discreet; to do in moderation; to refrain (from overdoing); to be reverent; to be purified
unpreparedness; falsehood; Chinese "Emptiness" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
(find) common (meeting) ground
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
fastidiousness; fussiness about cleanliness, etc.; clean-freak
no matter what; whatever happens; under any circumstances; never
concession; conciliation; compromise
whining (to get one's way); tantrum
to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to feel pain
to do what one is told to (esp. of a child); to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says; to do what one wants something (one's body, legs, etc.) to do; to work as expected (e.g. of a machine); to obey (one)
bull; bull; bulldog; bulldozer; bourgeois; bourgeoisie
liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
to laugh mockingly; to smile with contempt; to jeer; to sneer
to harm; to cause harm to
loud laughter; hearty laugh
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding