garbage dump; scrap heap; rubbish dump; dump; dumpsite
to be indelibly stained or ingrained; to be dyed in deeply
cellar; cave; hole in the ground
dregs; sediment; lees (esp. sake); leftovers; by-product; worthless item; junk
life story; personal narrative; story of one's life
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
side street (often parallel to a main street); back street; alley; alleyway
comparatively; relatively
scum of society; good-for-nothing; vermin
pilfering; snatching; swiping; pilferer; (petty) thief; (bag) snatcher
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
lower layer; layer beneath; lower strata (classes)
yakuza; gangster; mobster; useless; worthless; good-for-nothing
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
to happen to hear; to overhear
non-legal public road (denoted by a red line on cadastral maps; sometimes no longer physically existing)
look; appearance; spectacle; sight; observation meditation; outlook on ...
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
to be at a loss; to be puzzled
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market
juvenile vagrant; street urchin; waif; guttersnipe
the scruff or nape of the neck
suddenly and forcefully (e.g. jerk, poke, shove); in a single gulp; in one go
wild; violent; rough-mannered; rough (e.g. work); crude; coarse
youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy
to bend many times; to turn and twist; to zigzag
maze; labyrinth; inner ear
one plot (of land); one block (i.e. one city block); one area; one brush stroke; one kanji stroke
to twist; to turn; to writhe (e.g. in pain); to twist around; to turn in one's seat
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
at full speed; as fast as one's legs can carry one