to discharge (e.g. effluent)
outsider; someone outside of a group
cold; frigid; bracing; dignified
desperation; self-abandonment
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
to close down a business; to shut a business
worst; poor and boring; uncool
rather; sooner; preferably
to move; to put elsewhere; to tidy; to put in order
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
north entrance; north exit
business district; shopping district; bustling street; shopping centre; shopping center; downtown
bystreet; side street; back street; alley; lane
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
being able to hear something (clearly); clearness of a sound; reputation; renown; impression (that something gives off); respectability
profitable; worn-out; crumbling
bar; saloon; pub; tavern; drinking establishment
to crowd together in a confined space; to gather and make a commotion
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
postwar period; period after Second World War
in the early period (of something); at the beginning
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
to fling; to toss; to throw; to abandon; to leave behind
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
drinking establishment where one drinks while standing
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
every Tom, Dick and Harry; any one or thing; (lit.) even a cat and a ladle
old friend; familiar face
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
(short) curtain hung at shop entrance; split curtain used to divide spaces in a house; reputation (of a store); good name; goodwill
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
the best medicine (i.e. sake)
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding
sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
letter bearing the shogun's scarlet seal; seal stamp given to worshippers and visitors to shrines and temples
mediation; good offices; influential person; person of influence; (arch.) eloquence; (arch.) eloquent person