wetting; love affair; lover
red-light district; prostitution quarter; geisha quarter
semi-governmental; semi-official
blackened; black-painted; black-lacquered; blackened thing
son (of others); boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world
ashibarai; foot sweep; sweeping one's opponent's legs from under them (judo, etc.)
palm heel; heel of the palm
bloodstained; bloody; covered with blood
to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing
to rebuke; to scold harshly
taking a cut (of someone else's money); taking a rake-off; pocketing a kickback; skimming (a percentage of the profits, proceeds, etc.)
mid-air breakage or disintegration
upper stream; upper course; upstream; upper classes
person who holds the purse strings; person who minds the cash; safe keeper; treasurer
clear-cut and straightforward; (of a person) forward-thinking; honest; upright
fixtures; furnishings; equipment
rude person; villain; blackguard; scoundrel; rogue; libertine
to confute; to argue down; to persuade; to convince; to prevail on
to take off one's hat to a person; to acknowledge another's superiority
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
displaying prostitutes behind a grille
open; frank; outspoken; unreserved; straightforward; honest
sexual culture; sexual mores; prostitution
crime syndicate; criminal syndicate
venereal disease; sexually transmitted infection; sexually transmitted disease; VD; STI; STD
lower layer; layer beneath; lower strata (classes)
self-abasement; humility; self-depreciation
local specialty; local special dish