the three entertainment district enterprises: eating houses, geisha houses, meeting places for assignations, etc.
hellfire; flames of hell; raging fire; large fire; fire that consumes an evildoer
profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
boundless; infinite; vast
being filled with; being full of; permeation
convenient; handy; useful
reason; facts; propriety; sense
temporary manifestation of a Buddha (or bodhisattva, etc.) in the form of a Shinto kami
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing
last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)
weakening; emaciation; decline
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
abundant (grain) crop; good harvest
yours sincerely; respectfully yours
to kill with a sword (knife, dagger, etc.); to slay; to put to the sword
dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
byway; bypath; byroad; loophole; excuse
source (e.g. quotation); authority
underhand grip; backhand grip (e.g. in tennis); unexpected twist; turning the tables (on an opponent)
altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced
from the viewpoint of; according to
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
technical prowess; technical ability; technical finesse; technological prowess; technological capabilities
authority; power; function
to emphasize; to attach importance to
cannot avoid doing; cannot help but (do); is compelled to do; (feel) obliged to (do); has to do
cornered animal; (lit.) cornered rat
struggling; pawing (e.g. horses' hooves)
inexcusable; unpardonable; can't be allowed to pass (without comment)
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal
sword; blade; single stroke
to be hesitant; to feel timid