heavy drinking; hard drinking
gambling; gaming; speculation; undertaking a risky venture; (arch.) professional gambler; (arch.) gamester
whole year; all year round; always; all the time; during an era; second-year kindergarten student
ruffian; scoundrel; rogue; rascal; villain; hoodlum
to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into
gambling den; gambling house
look; appearance; spectacle; sight; observation meditation; outlook on ...
to present; to offer; to show; to display; to assume (e.g. a shape)
blackmail; extortion; racketeering; blackmailer; extortionist
evil deed; wrongdoing; crime; misfortune; calamity
putting that aside; that said; apart from that; anyway; be that as it may
former years; formerly; a few years ago
next (year, spring, etc.); coming; since (e.g. last month); for (e.g. 20 years)
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
entertainment; hospitality; banishment (Edo-period punishment)
low birth; humble origin; lowly; base; vulgar
to be open (to traffic); to lead (to); to flow (of a liquid, current, etc.); to pass (through); to be conveyed (of an intention, meaning, etc.); to be understood (by); to be well versed (in)
eye; insight; vision; gist; main point; hole
good memory; retentive memory
feeling (much) obliged; being (very) grateful; feeling sorry (for troubling someone); feeling ashamed (e.g. of an error); (arch.) shrinking back in fear
let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect
as usual; as is one's habit
to know; to be aware (of); to be acquainted (with); to think; to consider; to believe
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
The End; Finis; completion; conclusion; full provision
to kidnap (esp. by force or deception); to abduct; to snatch
article (in a document); clause; counter for lines, stripes, streaks, rays, etc.; although; though; since
many; numerous; various; large number of
you are quite right; reasonable; natural; just
concentricity; same mind; unanimity; policeman; constable in the Edo period
(all) through (e.g. the night); throughout (e.g. the year); within (e.g. the week); in the course of (e.g. today); all over; throughout (e.g. the world)
attacking a passerby with a sword (to test its sharpness or one's skill); samurai who tries out his sword on a passerby
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)