production (e.g. play); direction
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
tactician; schemer; intriguer; resourceful person
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
(something) one does not really mean; insincere
green youth; immature youth; novice; greenhorn
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
false rumor (rumour); false alarm; misinformation
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
discount price; special offer price
person with low tastes; uncultured person; worldly person; ordinary person (who has not entered the priesthood); layperson; layman
to burn; to kindle; to heat (a bath); to light (a stove); to use (a camera flash)
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice
just; justifiable; right; due; proper; equitable
economic behavior; economic activities; economic act
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
people; men and women; each person; everybody
to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy
(arch.) difference (from one another); (arch.) different thing; (arch.) other; unusual; extraordinary
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
virtuous mind; good intentions; good will; positive mindset; bona fides; good faith
to suck up; to pump up; to siphon off (profits, etc.); to exploit; to take up others' opinions, hopes, etc.
to pluck; to pick; to nip off
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!
domestic animals; livestock; cattle
fur; skin; pelt; kanji "fur" radical
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of
moron; idiot; stupid person
sanity; soundness of mind; prudence and discretion; (arch.) drunkenness
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
truth is stranger than fiction
long time; long interval; for quite some time
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
knothole; peep-hole; bad eyes
finally; at last; at length; barely; narrowly; hardly