Tsu (city in Mie); harbour; harbor; ferry
orthopedics; plastic surgery; cosmetic surgery; smoothing (bursty traffic, etc.); shaping; fairing
tiny amount (degree, extent); paltry amount; slightest bit
to commit a crime; to do evil
to make (a person) pay for (something)
Wakasa (former province located in the south of present-day Fukui Prefecture)
easy money; easy gain; making a killing
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
nursing; care; caregiving; caring
to take advantage of (someone's) weakness
house to house; door to door
to look coldly at; to turn a cold shoulder
persecution complex; paranoia
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
to exploit; to extort; to squeeze (someone); to squeeze (e.g. oil, juice); to wring out; to press out
relief activity; relief work
to crush (with the weight of misfortune)
member (esp. of a criminal organization); gang member; gangster; yakuza; crime syndicate member
sworn younger brother; junior male peer (in a club, group, etc.)
to pour drinks for each other; to drink together
to be a matter of life or death
compassionate; merciful; benevolent; charitable; humane
to toady; to be obsequious
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
mediocrity; ordinary ability
closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final
establishing; founding; setting up; organizing; establishment
transfer to a different hospital; hospital transfer
to arrange beforehand to tell the same story; to get the stories straight
shallow river; shallows; flatboat; river boat
to taste; to savor; to relish
a disgrace (to a whole group of people)