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
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
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
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
concern; sympathy; solicitude; nature; disposition; temperament
sewing; tailoring; newly tailored clothes
explanation of a picture; explanation by means of pictures; explanation (of an incident, one's reasoning, etc.); unravelling (a mystery)
scarcity of eligible men; difficulty for a woman to find a man; man shortage
female household; household consisting wholly of women
cutting a person down (without a second thought); sacrificing; throwing to the wolves; omission; rounding down (e.g. fractions); truncation
with a clang; with a bang; with a crash
visiting a temple for another
relationships formed by wealth will end when the money ends; the relationship ends when the money runs out; the end of money is the end of love
long illness; protracted illness