unevenness; roughness; ruggedness; inequality; imbalance; unevenness
paving (a road); surfacing (with asphalt, concrete, etc.); pavement
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
function; facility; faculty; feature
evasion; avoidance; shirking; recusation (of a judge); taking exception (to a judge); challenge
since some time or another; since who-knows-when
back street; back alley; slums
habit (usu. a bad one); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
gorgeous; gaudy; dazzling; gay; resplendent
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
lawless area; lawless district
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
honest to a fault; foolishly honest; naively honest
one line; (a) single line; boundary; line (between things); forefront; front line
trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family
overcoat; greatcoat; cloak; wrap; mantle
to see well in the dark; to have good night vision
to erase all trace of something
to tag along; to follow; to tail; to leave tracks; to leave footprints
small build; small stature; petite; small pattern
timidly; nervously; hesitantly; trembling (with fear); fearfully; anxiously
to run at full speed; to run and run; to try one's hardest
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
opening fully; full throttle; full power
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
to stray into; to lose one's way (and enter); to wander into
black-market dealings; underhand transactions; shady trading; secret dealings; secret arrangement
destination (one is heading towards); goal
to lose one's way; to get lost
district; area; zone; quarter; section; region
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
liquor store; wine shop; bottle shop; sake dealer; liquor-store owner; brewer
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
illegal; illicit; unlawful
trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
entering a store; entering a restaurant; becoming an employee of a store; starting to work at a store; opening up a shop (in a department store, etc.)
to let pass; to allow through; to transmit (e.g. light, sound, etc.); to conduct (electricity); to stick through (e.g. a hole); to force through (e.g. an opening); to connect (e.g. two places)
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home