well, ...; right, ...; so; then; that way (would mean ...); if that is the case
vengeance; revenge; retaliation
yomihon (type of popular literature from the late Edo period)
stand-offish; distant; not frank; watery (alcohol, coffee, etc.)
name one goes by; popular name; house name; name of a street; avenue name
refinement; style; sophistication
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
professional gambler; gangster; gang member; good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well; hoodlum
(member of the) yakuza; gangster; hoodlum; racketeer; useless; worthless
in one's own way or style
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
to be profitable; to yield a profit
revealing (information, a secret, etc.); disclosure; telling; letting out
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
nobleman; dignitary; feudal lord (of the Edo period); daimyo; man brought up away from the world; arrogant man with little knowledge of the ways of the world
order; command; life; destiny; fate
awesome; awe-inspiring; august; discourteous (to a superior); lacking due respect
embankment; bank; beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin
long roofed passageway (originally having an earthen floor and used as a bridle path)
quietly; calmly; comfortably; peacefully
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)
Sumida River (in Tokyo); Sumidagawa
small, roofless boat used as a river taxi (Edo period)
evening; evening (of a special event); last night; yesterday evening
waterfowl; water bird; shorebird
to ripen; to give one's everything; to make one's best effort
scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))
(family) crest; coat of arms; pattern; figure; playing card suit (in karuta)
telling others; divulging (a secret); revealing; disclosing; letting out
one's home; hometown; native place; birthplace
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
shadow picture; silhouette; shadowgraph
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper