textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
personification; impersonation; embodiment
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
unsparingly; without listening to the other party; without giving the other party a chance to explain
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
genital organ; genitalia; sexual organ; reproductive organ
cut off; cut out; ablation; resection; surgical removal
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
ordinary citizen; the general public
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
to judge (on the basis of); to control; to discipline (oneself); to regulate
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
self-esteem; self-respect; self-importance; conceit; pride
emission; emanation; letting out (feelings); venting; divergence (of light); divergence
strict; severe; stern; rigid; rigorous; tough
nightlife districts; drinking districts
to be sore; to be inflamed; to be bleary; to be dissipated; to be dissolute; to indulge in
un-; non-; negative prefix
to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line; to be equal to; to be on a par with
gorgeous; brilliant; dazzling; ornate; gaudy; flowery
several years; a few years
favourable; favorable; promising; satisfactory; in good shape
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
the number of people; many people; a large number of people; (counted as an) adult
low (level, value, price, etc.)
travelling incognito (traveling); special palanquin for carrying a daimyo or his wife incognito
crucible; melting pot; melting pot (of cultures, ideas, etc.); state of ecstasy; state of fevered excitement
light trap (for killing insects)
pleasure; supreme pleasure obtained by freeing oneself from earthly desires
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
degeneration; decadence; deterioration; laxness; corruption
reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense
evaporation; disappearance (of people intentionally concealing their whereabouts); unexplained disappearance
bottomless; endlessly deep; infinite
marsh; swamp; wetland; being hooked (on a video game, TV show, etc.)