flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
manners; customs; public morals; sex service; sex industry
opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
seniority; precedence; upper seat
reigning (over a country); dominating; controlling; dictating
initiator; instigator; flagman; leader
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
bribe; sweetener; douceur
sycophancy; toadying; apple-polishing; sesame seed grinding
to succeed; to bear fruit
previously; already; beforehand; in advance; for some time
prohibition; ban; embargo
to tell; to announce; to declare; to pass (a sentence); to order
to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal
even more; still more; one layer; lowest floor (of a building); rather; sooner
each place; various places
party; set; gang; company; person
acquaintance; relations; sexual intercourse; intersection
policeman's rope; arresting (a criminal)
luxury item; luxury goods
criminal; lawbreaker; wrongdoer; offender
dissolution of a feudal clan by the shogunate and confiscation of its fief
don't try and tell me that!; don't try that shit on me
handcuffs; manacles; confinement in chains (Edo-era judicial corporal punishment)
30th day of the month; 30 days
must not (do); should not; do not; cannot
widowhood; widowerhood; viduity; living without a spouse
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
don't be absurd; that's out of the question; nonsense; don't mention it
(tobacco) pipe with metal tipped stem; kiseru; cheating on train fare by buying tickets covering only the first and last portions of the journey
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless
another place; some other place; another (person or thing); other; beyond (one's expectations, imagination, etc.); outside
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
a puff; a smoke; (short) rest; break; one dose (of medicine or poison); (brief) lull
guardhouse (Edo-period city)
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
person working for someone else (followed by job title); hired
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
trap (for catching animals); snare; trap; trick; ruse