each place; various places
party; set; gang; company; person
acquaintance; relations; sexual intercourse; intersection
criminal; lawbreaker; wrongdoer; offender
to disrupt; to ruin; to hinder; to thwart
don't try and tell me that!; don't try that shit on me
lock; padlock; tablet; lozenge; pill
thirtieth day of the month; thirty days
must not; should not; do not
widowhood; widowerhood; viduity
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
don't be absurd; that's out of the question; nonsense; don't mention it
(tobacco) pipe with metal tipped stem; cheating on train fare by buying tickets covering only the first and last portions of the journey
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
(a) dose; (a) puff; (a) smoke; lull; short rest
guardhouse (Edo-period city)
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
person working for someone else (followed by job title); hired
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
to insert; to put in (such that there is a snug fit); to have sex; to fuck; to pigeonhole (into a particular category); to place a ring-shaped object around something (esp. one that restricts freedom, such as handcuffs)
jitte; short truncheon with a hook made of metal or wood (used by policemen and private thief-takers in Edo Japan)
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
public bathhouse; building with a bath (esp. in a shrine or temple)
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
subordinate; underling; henchman; minion
to find out; to discover; to locate
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
to demand money; to pester; to extort
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
in an instant; in a moment; immediately; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once
to dry up; to parch; to ebb away
to raise (esp. overhead); to brandish (e.g. sword); to flourish; to wield (e.g. power, authority); to proclaim one's principles
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
intricate; elaborate; complicated; complex
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement