standing close together; bristling (with)
rule; reign; government; governing
sandbank (in a river); sandbar
immorality; iniquity; impropriety
touting; soliciting; luring; tout; barker; pander
traveling patent-medicine salesman; medicine peddler
Act on Control and Improvement of Amusement Business, etc.
lawlessness; injustice; wrong; outrageous; lawless; disorderly
entertainment district; amusement area; pleasure quarter; red-light district
observance (of laws, rules, etc.); adherence; obeying; following; abiding by; compliance
gatekeeper; door guard; doorman; concierge; janitor
special ward; special economic zone (China); special administrative region of China (e.g. Hong Kong)
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
purpose; utility; objective; way to use something
ironist; sarcastic person; sharp tongue; satirist
such; this sort of; like this
to look (stare) back at (someone); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to put a person to shame; to look back (behind oneself)
government official; public official
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
personal criticism; character sketch
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
bad reputation; infamy; ill repute; unfavorable criticism; unfavourable criticism
synthetic leather; artificial leather; leatherette
dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined
to smear all over; to slather on; to besmear; to paint heavily; to spread thickly; to bedaub (with paint)
feces; faeces; excrement; stool
a short while ago; just now; already; for a long time
omission; failure; incompleteness; irregularity; mismanagement; misconduct
to turn up (of evidence, etc.); to become known; to be arrested; to be caught (of a criminal); to be moved to a higher position (of a body part); to be raised (e.g. of a hand to ask a question)
miserable; wretched; lonely; dreary; shabby; comfortless
pursuer; pursuing party; posse
whole year; all year round; always; all the time; during an era; second-year kindergarten student
exorbitant; outrageous; ridiculous; absurd; excessive; inordinate
basic state; basic status
(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
(moral) decay; (social) decline; decadence; decline (in prosperity)
special ward; administrative subdivision of a prefecture that has a directly elected mayor and assembly; special economic zone (in China); special administrative region of China (e.g. Hong Kong); special district (of a nation with a federal structure)
sudden; unexpected; unpredictable; unforeseen
route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)