seizure; confiscation; impounding; sequestration; forfeiture
to use up; to exhaust; to wear out
casual income; extraordinary revenue; incidental income; nonrecurring income; perquisite
personnel expenses; labor cost; labour cost; indirect labour costs; indirect labor costs
to resort to violence; to use force; to be able to get; to be able to afford; to jab; to swing at a bad ball (baseball)
contention; competition; rivalry; quarrel
to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to
as likely as not; fifty-fifty; even match; tie
oral; verbal; spoken; parol
insufficient; inadequate; imperfect
value in doing something; feeling that something is worth doing; rewarding feeling; sense of satisfaction
an instant; a split second; no time at all; (lit.) time of an "ah!"
parting (of people); separation; farewell; breakup
mandarin (esp. the satsuma mandarin (Citrus unshiu)); mandarin orange; tangerine; citrus (Citrus spp.)
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
facing; opposite; across the street; other side
type (of goods); sort; (taxonomical) form; breed; variety
kotatsu; table over an electric heater, with a hanging quilt to retain heat (orig. over a charcoal brazier in a floor well)
top (of a table, counter, etc.); tabletop; countertop; baking tray; baking sheet; sheet pan
warm; mild; warm (of a colour); mellow; having enough money
soba noodles eaten at night on New Year's Eve
frank; direct; plain; straightforward; point-blank; concise
wordplay; play on words; pun; rhyming game
word game; wordplay; playing with words
people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos
osechi; osechi-ryōri; traditional food eaten during the New Year's holidays
coloring; colouring; color scheme; colour scheme; (touch of) colour; embellishment
(spinning) around; while revolving; with a curl; with a whirl; (coiling) around
varna (each of the four Hindu castes)
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
four times; four-colour process printing; CMYK printing
extinction; extermination; eradication; stamping out; wiping out
chimera; chimaera; chimera; chimaera
plentiful; abundant; ample; lavish
using all of one's strength (to); giving (it) everything one has got; going full-out; throwing a ball as hard as one can
breeding; raising; rearing; keeping
national expenditure; government spending; public funds