bill strap; currency strap; currency band; wrapper band; newspaper band
reading matter; reading material
rifling marks on a fired bullet
manslaughter; bodily injury resulting in death
business plan; business schedule; project
defensive perimeter; defence line; defense line; precaution; safeguard; safety measure
lineage; pedigree; family line
hitting a dangerous (harmful) spot (e.g. hitting one's head)
Taishō period (1912-1926); Taisho period
occupation (i.e. field of regular employment); steady job; regular work
no-good man; (male) loser
bank robbery; bank robber
honest; respectable; respectable occupation (i.e. not yakuza, prostitute, etc.); person in a respectable occupation
small factory in town; backstreet (small) workshop
to ration out and survive on (some food); to eke out a living
overreliance on others; excessive babyishness; spoiled person (esp. child)
conventional phrase; stock phrase; cliche; frequently used musical (guitar) phrase
first arrival; first in race; suit of clothes
penal servitude; serving time in prison; military service; forced labor; compulsory service
same trade; same business; same profession
Benten (goddess of arts and wisdom)
wicked; evil; wastrel; scoundrel; organized crime; yakuza
bank employee; bank staff member; bank clerk
gambling den; gambling house
unsettled; pending; unresolved
poetry anthology; collection of poems; collected poems