comfortable (to live in); snug; cosy; cozy
on the least pretext; at the drop of a hat
being up to the person himself
purse snatching; handbag snatching; purse snatcher; handbag snatcher
extremely busy; (lit.) wanting even the help of a cat
hiss (esp. cat); sizzle; whoosh
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages
(heavy) drinker; drunkard; tippler; boozer
canopy (esp. the cloth or canvas used for it); awning; top (of a convertible); helmet cape; cloth covering one's back to protect against arrows during battle
quite; utterly; (not) at all; completely; wholly; entirely
to drink oneself dead drunk; to drink oneself unconscious
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
once; one time; exclusively; only; alone
in search of; in order to look for
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
kawaraban (type of Edo-period single-page newspaper)
district; quarter; enclosure; area enclosed by earthwork; red-light district; wide and empty
trolling; singing in a circular canon; round
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
to burn completely; to consume (by fire); to burn to nothing; to burn to the ground; to reduce to ashes
to live through hell; to go to hell and back; to suffer dire straits
riverbank; riverside; market on the riverbank (esp. fish market); place (for activities); venue
to run into; to collide with; to come to the end of (a street); to run into (difficulties, problems, etc.); to run up against
not knowing at all (that); without the slightest idea (that); completely unaware (that)
lower grade; low class; junior (officer)
successfully; fairly; artfully; nicely; thoroughly
to lure out of; to decoy out of; to drive to (tears, sleep, etc.); to evoke (sympathy, etc.); (arch.) to abduct; (arch.) to entice out of
sight; attraction; spectacle; something worth seeing
gambling house; gaming room; gambling den
without; unless; have to do
luxury; extravagance; treat (i.e. at somebody's expense)