bad habit; bad custom; evil practice; vice
to manage a state; to govern a country
natural calamity; disaster
to invest in; to sink money into; to put into; to lay out (funds); to inject; to impregnate
effective control (over territory); working control
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
unproductive; counterproductive
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
divide into four pieces; one fourth
appropriate (e.g. authorities); concerned; relevant; said; aforementioned; competent
to begrudge doing; to find bothersome
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy
compatibility; coexistence; standing together
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
railroad; railway; rail transport
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
bygones; the past; past event
full of things one could poke fun at; full of inconsistencies; absolutely ridiculous
to write ruby characters (small furigana above or beside kanji)
to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract
physical labor; physical labour; manual work; drastic move (e.g. hold or strike in martial arts); power technique; display of power
one-night stand; taking home a woman from a bar, club, etc.; takeout (i.e. food); take-out; takeaway
total hours spent working
failing to live up to one's name; being beaten by one's name
to form a group; to form a bunch
flood of emotions; many thoughts
-like; pseudo-; comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (arch.) criticism; (arch.) censure
consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude
to say no more; to sink into silence