plating (chrome, gold, silver, etc.); coating; gilding; pretense; pretence; simulation
to make off; to abscond; to get away; to pull a vanishing act
serious wound; serious injury
tip-off (to the authorities); information (on); anonymous report
per month; monthly installment plan; monthly instalment plan
wooden signboard with a peaked top (usu. with information about a historical place)
anywhere; everywhere; indiscriminate(ly); no matter where
to swipe; to filch; to pilfer; to snatch; to walk off with
to extort; to shake down (for money)
money comes and goes; money goes around and around
displaying prostitutes behind a grille
partner for the night (e.g. at a brothel)
to whip; to lash; to give the rod; to spur on; to encourage
money; coin; dough; moolah; brass
to sit silently at a meeting
to stand on ceremony; to stiffen up (the nerves); to be tense
to redeem; to take out of pawn; to buy a geisha or prostitute out of bondage (by paying off her debt to her employer)
court of law in the Edo period, in which the parties sat on white sand
to grieve; to lament; to deplore; to admire; to sigh in admiration
store selling boiled vegetables, fish, and beans
scolding; telling-off; talking-to; dressing-down
to have one's hands tied behind one; to be arrested
appearance; features; looks
finger marks; dirt from the hands
flat broke; stone broke; penniless
to have fortune come your way; to become lucky