Vocabulary

unredeemed article

coauthor; joint author; collaborator

joint work (art, music, etc.)

trans-Pacific; trans-Pacific crossing

collusive bidding at the initiative of government agencies

to cut off the head of a sleeping person; to assassinate someone while they sleep

to have grown tense (of a situation); to have become critical (and to be on the verge of a major upheaval)

at any rate; in any case; at the very least; if nothing else

even if nothing else; more than anything else

no one at all; no one, who he or she may be

what can you say?; what (more) can I say?; what more is there to say?; what's left to say?

good scholars are seldom rich

pseudo-scholar; fake scholar; would-be expert

to have to wait (for the realization of something hoped for); to be forced to postpone

even though one has fallen on hard times; however down on one's luck one may be

if times were better; if one had been born at an earlier, more opportune time; if times had not changed; if I had my due

to neglect; to ignore; to slight; to be indifferent to

snakeskin

micro-mini; very short (esp. clothing); very small

women's kimono sash

very common way of tying a woman's kimono sash

very common way of tying a woman's kimono sash

common variety of women's kimono sash

made of cloth

decorative string used to hold a kimono sash in place

to leave one's seat

dummy corporation; front company; shell corporation

waiting for a cancellation; being on standby; being on a waiting list

inadvertently; for no special reason

front company set up to hide someone's true profession by pretending to employ them (often used by call girls)

sleeping pills

articulation; speaking one's lines smoothly; reciting one's lines well

fast asleep; bombed; crashed

waiting for a cancellation; being on standby; being on a waiting list

to beat the hell out of

with a crunching or grinding sound

to feign ignorance

feigning ignorance

very fast; very early

competing in earnest (esp. in sumo)