per month; monthly installment plan; monthly instalment plan
anywhere; everywhere; indiscriminate(ly); no matter where
to extort; to shake down (for money)
money comes and goes; money goes around and around
to whip; to lash; to give the rod; to spur on; to encourage
to have one's hands tied behind one; to be arrested
concern; sympathy; solicitude; nature; disposition; temperament
sewing; tailoring; newly tailored clothes
scarcity of eligible men; difficulty for a woman to find a man; man shortage
doing something frantically; frantic state
to be arrested; to be put in bonds
scribbling; doodling; graffiti
wandering; jobless; unemployed
rash; boil; secondhand article; bargain; fart
sentry box; guardhouse; guard lodge; (Edo period) police box
skill learned in one's former days; using one's experience from the past
celebratory drink; celebratory spirits; holiday cheer
to take candy from a baby; to accomplish something with ease; (lit.) to twist a baby's arm
one's employer's house; one's employer; place of apprenticeship
red-hot iron; gunfire; gambling; violent-tempered
recipient; receiver; skilled practitioner (of judo, sumo, etc.); person who picks up the cards (in karuta games)
within the next couple of days; in a day or two
practitioner of Buddhism; practitioner of austerities; disciplinant; practitioner of martial arts
the other day; some time ago; recently
girl; young (unmarried) woman
courtesy call; courtesy visit
tedious talk; repetition; complaint; tongue-twister
visiting another school (e.g. of kendo) and defeating each member in a fight