scrap (metal); clipping (from a newspaper, magazine, etc.); cutting; scrapbook
coward; namby-pamby; wimp; weak-kneed person; spineless person
to hinder; to obstruct; to disrupt; to interfere with; to cause a delay
various; a variety of; all sorts of; many (different)
all you have to do is; just; that's all
white; unseasoned; undyed; very much; precisely; playing dumb
forcing (something) in; pushing in; burglary; burglar; closet
to antagonize; to provoke antipathy
very; extremely; extreme; excessive; splendid; impressive
cat-and-mouse (race); lead changing hands many times
to do someone in; to bump someone off
to entice; to tempt; to invite someone to join in
(piece of) rope; ordinary method
here and there; this way and that way; everywhere; all over
to be highhanded; to be arrogant; to be overbearing
killing two birds with one stone; serving two ends
to boil down; to concentrate (soup, milk, stock, etc.); to reach a conclusion; to conclude a discussion
four times; four-colour process printing; CMYK printing
(feeling of) hatred; (strong) dislike; disgust; aversion; revulsion; loathing
each day; from day to day; day-to-day
exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing
ill-gotten money; bad coin
industrialist; entrepreneur
(treating) equally; without discrimination; impartially; alike; in the same way
muddy water; red-light district
relationship; connection; involvement; entanglement; implication (e.g. in a crime)
cunning and wickedness; cunning and wicked person
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine
to flatter; to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to toady (to); to fawn (on)
Tokugawa period (i.e. the Edo period, 1603-1867)
corrupt practices; bad habit
Confucian scholar; Confucianist
love and believe in; intimacy
central; main; just (done); counter for consecutive losses
the reason is that ...; because
to commit a crime; to do evil
way out; means to escape; escape route
to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe
to know something by direct experience; (lit.) to know through the skin
sense of helplessness; feeling of powerlessness