Vocabulary

to take a commission; to take a cut; to take a piece of the action; to take a kickback

corporate embezzlement

break in the rain; letup in the rain

cheap fish for the masses (e.g. sardines, mackerel, pike)

traditional

unchanged (from long ago); as it was in the past; same old; traditional

small child; kid; kiddy; tot; rug rat; ankle-biter

unmanned train station

unstaffed railway crossing

prestigious school

incredible danger; (handing a) sword to an insane person

there's but a fine line between genius and insanity

enthusiast; maniac; fanatic; nut; freak

crazy deed; unbelievable deed; the height of madness; act of sheer madness

the mediocre have no right to criticize the great

the mediocre cannot understand the great

strabismus; squint

walleyes (from London-Paris, i.e. "One eye looks at London, one eye looks at Paris"); squint; divergent strabismus

(a) mute; mute person

person with a language disorder; person with a speech disorder

special school; special needs school

special needs school

learning disability; learning disabled

child with a learning disability

learning disabled child

person missing at least one hand

one arm

person with a skin disease (esp. syphilis); syphilitic patient

person with skin disease (esp. syphilis)

mongolism; Down's syndrome

phimosis; tightening of the foreskin

burakumin area

assimilation district; area targeted for antidiscrimination measures; burakumin area

private investigation agency

(private) investigation company; research agency

identity or background check (often to see if someone is a burakumin)

beggars at the Ise Grand Shrine

person from Kansai

people from Kansai

kid; brat