to live; to make a living; to get on with
side job; sideline; subsidiary business
blackmail; extortion; threat (to extort money)
vice; immorality; corruption
low-life; sleazebag; boor; person of humble rank; humble person; peasant
misdeed; wrongdoing; wickedness
world; society; people; the public
to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly
to quit (a shady business); to wash one's hands of; to cut one's ties with; to wash one's feet
tolerance level; permissible range; acceptable limits
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
interference; intervention; meddling
ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)
to shed light; to cast light
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
Taishō period (1912-1926); Taisho period
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; not genuine; substandard; LOL
skyscraping; very high; above the clouds; above this mortal world
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
in that way; like that; that way
mistress (of the house); hostess; landlady; proprietress
to stand on tiptoe; to rise in the world; to become arrogant
scoundrel; rascal; villain
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
to subsist; to keep on living
desire to act only in one's self-interest; selfish desires
to be smeared; to be covered
great difference; major mistake
among (other things); especially; particularly; at the same time; simultaneously; at once
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
entering a room; studying under a Buddhist teacher
something; some kind of; for some reason
whispering into a person's ear
threat; menace; coercion; terrorism
if there is a chance; if possible; if circumstances permit; if things go well; if luck is on my side
offender; criminal; culprit
decision; settlement; definition
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated