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
sentry box; guardhouse; guard lodge; (Edo period) police box
skill learned in one's former days; using one's experience from the past
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
girl; young (unmarried) woman
courtesy call; courtesy visit
tedious talk; repetition; complaint; tongue-twister
food and clothing; livelihood; living; to feed and clothe
extortion; blackmail; shakedown; extortionist; blackmailer; racketeer
for goodness' sake; for the love of God; I implore you, ...; I beg of you, ...
poverty; destitution; privation; indigence; penury
despite being a woman; woman as she is; (in a way that is) unbecoming to a woman; (in a way that is) uncharacteristic of a woman; in an unladylike way
loved one; lover; sweetheart
practice writing with a brush; study; learning
emphatic verbal prefix; humble verbal prefix
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
bribe; money under the table