how many people; a number of people
from the area (e.g. person or goods); local trader; local merchant; street tough; hoodlum controlling a territory (e.g. red light district, amusement area)
gambling den; gambling house
loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending
whitewashing; glossing over; lip service; deftly finishing up; putting on the final touches
to invent a pretext for a quarrel; to pick a fight
grazing; skimming; almost touching; barely; just; narrowly
dirty work; unpleasant task
convenient; handy; useful
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
henchman; follower; (arch.) adopted child
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
opinion; point of view; visual point
confession; acknowledgement; acknowledgment
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
unable to stay (on); unable to endure being somewhere a second longer; feel like running away
in the same way as; just like
to re-examine; to review; to recheck
insubordination; outlawry
stranger; tramp; wanderer
hard to figure out; elusive; slippery; vague; subtle
tail (animal); tail end; tip
careful; thorough; meticulous; scrupulous
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
much more; still more; single layer (or storey, etc.); (arch.) rather; (arch.) sooner
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
sumi; India ink; squid ink; octopus ink; carpenter's inking string
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
to draw (water); to ladle; to pour (into a cup); to drink (together); to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
hard-to-do; difficult; tough; awkward; tricky
crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
piece (scrap, bit, strip) of paper
to comfort; to console; to amuse
scrubbing hard; scrubbing clean
haggardness; emaciation; wasting away; being tired out; being worn out; exhaustion
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK