taking a cut (of someone else's money); taking a rake-off; pocketing a kickback; skimming (a percentage of the profits, proceeds, etc.)
perquisite; perk; side benefit; emoluments
labor; labour; exertion; diligent service
back-to-back; facing in opposite directions; two sides of the same coin; inextricably linked (esp. with something dangerous or undesirable); on bad terms; at odds
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
completely black; black from top to bottom; black from head to toe
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
professionalism; professional awareness; professional attitude
to take someone's life; to kill someone
to wander; to roam from place to place
help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
to judge; to try; to sit in judgement (on); to decide (on)
unpreparedness; falsehood; Chinese "Emptiness" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
supernatural calamities; harm caused by spirits
(in) the air; midair; sky; (empty) space
to look around; to look towards (us)
lament (song); elegy; dirge; Lamentations (book of the Bible)
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)
superalloy; Chogokin; line of die-cast metal robot and character toys sold by Popy
sound of the wind; voice of the wind
exhaled air; exhalation; expiration
to be generally accepted; to be acknowledged by oneself and others
confirmed as completed; everything must go (e.g. in a sale)
memory; sense; experience
placid; composed; serene; big-hearted; broad-minded; magnanimous
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
the wolf knows what the ill beast thinks; it takes one to know one; it takes a thief to catch a thief
kindness begets kindness; you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours; (lit.) if a fish is kind to the water, the water will be kind to the fish
(making a) lesson (of); (setting an) example; warning
street at night; making a night journey
to get out of bed; to show a leg
undisputed; entirely; perfect
jello; jelly; gelatin dessert; gel; jelly
what do you want?; can I help you?
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
shamelessly; acting brazenly unaffected; being resigned to (disgrace)
without; unless; have to do
drawing; painting; picture
unofficial announcement; private notice; informal notification
previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session