flickering; flashing on and off; glaringly (bright); painfully (bright); prickling (pain)
switching on and off (of a light); flashing; blinking; flickering
gambling; gaming; speculation; undertaking a risky venture; (arch.) professional gambler; (arch.) gamester
collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally
important position; strategic point; important point; main point; essentials
regular; normal; formal; legal; established; legitimate
to be dazzled by; to be dizzied by; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.); (arch.) to become dark
to steal; to rob; to take away
settlement (of a dispute); making amends; settling a score; money paid to settle a dispute
to pick up; to adopt (a proposal); to take up (a topic); to take issue with; to make a problem of; to report (news); to cover
to deal with effectively; to handle (well); to manage; to pass around (a plate of food, etc.) after taking one's share
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
threat; menace; coercion; blackmail
to oppress; to persecute; to tyrannize
small quarrel; dispute; run-in; issue; trouble
(eating or drinking) to one's heart's content
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
perquisite; perk; side benefit; emoluments
to throw; to toss; to fling; to abandon (one's work); to give up; to lay aside
half-dead; state of uncertainty; limbo; leaving unfinished with the intention of inflicting suffering
one arm; one's right-hand man; one's right hand
to call; to summon; to send for; to call together
signal; signalling; signaling; traffic light; traffic signal
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious; nervousness
summons; subpoena; citation; summoning (a spirit, demon, etc.); evocation; invocation
to leak (urine, feces); to soil one's pants; to dump (untreated waste, sewage, etc.); to discharge (untreated effluent); to leak (information, secrets, etc.); to bleed (a deficit, losses, etc.)
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
to become pale; to turn pale
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
four; 4; four years of age; ten o'clock (in the old time system); burakumin; cross grips
shithead; bastard; fucking; bloody; damned
to hit each other; to exchange blows; to fight
getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate