black person; (arch.) woman in the nightlife business; (arch.) demimondaine; (arch.) geisha and prostitutes
to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
millions; several million; a few million
to palm off; to force a sale
modus operandi; criminal technique; trick
rapid increase; proliferation; surge; explosion
connection; link; relationship
vomit; spew; puke; confessing
to empty; to vacate; to evacuate
combination; arrangement; distribution; marrying off
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
number of days; period of days; daily interest rate
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front; wrong way round
with this I (formal); by this I (formal)
cheating; fraud; trickery; fake; bogus; quack
triumphant (over a mediocre achievement); boastful; (lit.) as if one had grabbed a demon by the neck
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to fail to ...; to miss one's opportunity to ...
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
twosome; duo; pair (of criminals)
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
to boil strongly; to be excited
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
though; notwithstanding; although
to tickle; to tickle (one's curiosity, vanity, etc.); to arouse; to make laugh; to amuse
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance