back street; back alley; slums
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
dynasty; reign; period; epoch; court; North Korea
to make it a principle to ...; to aim at doing
monastery; convent; cloister; abbey
coquettish voice; flirtatious voice
rustling; dry; rough feeling; rough (of a person); course; catching fish with a net
suicide attack; kamikaze attack
to clear up; to become cloudless; to be refreshed
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
(arch.) sitting outdoors; room that served both as a reception room and as a living room in a Heian-period mansion; temporary sitting place installed in the garden at the imperial court, used on the occasion of archery or sumo ceremonies
business hours; opening hours; office hours
street stall; stand; booth
salesperson; shop assistant; hawker; (arch.) male prostitute
cheap-looking; tawdry; insignificant
prostitute; whore; streetwalker
what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?
high (e.g. spirits); merry; high; high (i.e. feeling of extreme pleasure)
small office home office; SOHO
to come off; to be worn off; to fade; to discolor; to discolour
traffic sign painted on the road
bloodshot eyes; (doing something in a) frenzy
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
lacking skill; uninspiring; unexciting; dull; unrefined; boring (from being too plain)
meeting; greeting; welcome
staringly; scrutinizing; scrutinising
telephone booth; telephone box
to rant and rave; to raise hell