key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
uncleanness; impurity; disgrace; shame; uncleanliness from contact with death, pregnancy, menstruation, etc.
-less; lacking; non-existing
largest amount of money; maximum amount of money
refining; refinement; smelting; training
forgery; falsification; fabrication; counterfeiting
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
casting; cast-metal object
acid; sourness; sour taste
corrosion; etching; action of acid; saprophagy
rising; ascending; climbing
ordinary people; common folk; general masses; man in the street; populace at large
transactions; dealings; business
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
to meet (someone of higher status); (arch.) to be recognized (esp. by someone of higher status); (arch.) to be visible; (arch.) to be seen
being settled quickly; reaching a quick conclusion; no need to say any more; no problem
to cut off (a relationship)
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
society; the world; the times
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
goods piled beneath; lower layer; lowest social strata; bottom (of the ladder); low rank
touting; tout; barker; pander