registration book; registration card
trade; buying and selling
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
passing (an exam); pass; success; meeting (specifications, standards, etc.); passing (inspection); qualification
shop; store; someone who sells (something) or works as (something); someone with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
strict prohibition; ban; interdiction
Ginza (district in Tokyo); busy shopping district; bustling location; silver mint (Edo period)
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
even if I say so myself; for me (to do such a thing)
utility pole; power pole; telephone pole; telegraph pole
pink; erotic; blue; pornographic
hostess bar; bar with female companions for male customers
tapir (Tapirus spp.); mo (mythological Chinese chimera similar to a tapir, said to devour bad dreams)
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to be captivated (by); to be infatuated (with)
this is not the time (for that); that's out of the question right now
100,000; hundred thousand
connection; attachment; changing trains; conjunction
rucksack; knapsack; backpack
considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty
leaving something to chance; drifting; (being) happy-go-lucky
(turned out) all right in the end
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
to repair; to mend; to change; to alter; to put back; to put away; to cure
kabuki troupe; kabuki theater (theatre); Kabuki-za (theatre in Tokyo)
odds and ends; all; every
otaku; geek; nerd; enthusiast
unexpected; unlikely; terrible; awful; very; extremely
misemono; type of Edo- and Meiji-period side show often held outdoors or in small temporarily erected shacks on temple and shrine grounds; show; exhibition; spectacle
(one's) current position; current location; present position
nod; inclination of the head