illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
good person; virtuous person
adult; grown-up; person who has come of age; fully fledged; established; qualified
searching for someone; search for a missing person
prime of one's working life
it is no exaggeration to say; it is not too much to say
hand-me-down; food offering to the gods; leftovers; trip from Kyoto to the provinces
disdain; contempt; scorn; abhorrence
student guidance; student counseling
to become completely chilled
beacon; skyrocket; signal fire; starting shot; starting signal
success; passing (e.g. exam); eligibility
to make (the effort to make) oneself look cool
group with a common interest (e.g. students); club (e.g. company sports club); circle; circle (shape)
ass; arse; rear; end; acupuncture point; hole
job hunting; job searching
depravity; corruption; degradation
translation; deciphering; decoding; translation
way (of doing things); method; style; school (e.g. of poetry)
to say a word; to say something; to speak briefly; to give a quick holler; to let (someone) know
to amuse oneself; to make merry
this world; this life; the free world (outside of prison, the army, red light district, etc.); this corrupt world; present world
this world; this life; the free world (outside of prison, the army, red light district, etc.); this corrupt world; present world
very important person; VIP
to grow; to cultivate; to wear a beard
laughing while reminiscing
the 10 precepts; Ten Commandments; Decalogue; Decalog
turning into a slum; becoming run-down; slumism; slumification
chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)
small point; knob; protuberance; aloneness; loneliness; solitude
drug; medicine; (illegal) drug; narcotics
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
transfiguration; transformation; change of appearance
low-life; sleazebag; boor; person of humble rank; humble person; peasant
deceiving; cheating; fooling
vice; immorality; corruption