下

below average

dark under the trees; obscurity of a forest

to unload

Her Majesty the Queen

Teito Rapid Transit Authority subway; Eidan subway

underground publication; underground publishing; samizdat

Medicine

mumps

to decline in price; to fall in price

lower court

Azuma geta; type of geta for women with a tatami mat insole

articles disposed of or sold off by the government

high and low; (people of) all ranks and classes

rappel; abseil

clandestine bank; underground bank

sewage treatment facility; sewage treatment works

Proverb

there is only the thickness of the boat's planking between one and perdition; on a boat, one is only an inch or two from a watery grave

Proverb

leave no room for scandal; don't do anything that can be misinterpreted; don't straighten your cap under a plum tree (because when you raise your hands it might look as if you're trying to steal the plums)

subcontracting factory

working-class dialect of the Shitamachi area of Tokyo

common knowledge; widely known; known to everybody

servants

Idiomatic expression

soft on women; weak for women; easily charmed (by women)

eyes slanting downward

declining trend; downward trend; downward tendency

descending colon