uncommonly; extraordinary
prostitute working at a soapland; (lit.) Turkish girl
small profits; low interest
to blunder; to fail; to make a mistake
to manipulate figures to one's advantage; to count wrongly on purpose; to inflate or deflate one's age
underskirt (half-slip), worn under kimono
to be scattered around; to be all over the place
to come to depend on someone's kindness
Aramon (wine grape variety)
braggart; big talker; bigmouth
opening session; anteroom
open; public; overt; free; unreserved; uninhibited
boiling in an iron pot; boiling to death (punishment during the Warring States period)
to leave behind (cargo, passengers, etc.)
riding a horse so skillfully that it appears as if man and horse have become one
tadpole; ancient seal-script character
ugliness; shame; disgrace
combined vaccination for diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough) and tetanus
piling up high (food in a bowl); filling (a bowl); heaped bowl
to find a solution (after struggle)