屋

loan shark who specializes in refinancing debts

rag-picker

mausoleum

brothel; bordello; whorehouse; cathouse

fly-by-night arranger; person who helps others flee creditors

cowshed

cow farmer

restaurant specializing in beef dishes

store (butcher, etc.) that sells beef

Colloquial

pachinko parlor

person who tends to find things bothersome; person who does not like to make an effort

Colloquial

expulsion room; banishment room; boredom room; rooms where employees who cannot be fired are sent to encourage resignation

house tax

croquette vendor

superstitious person

practical joker

peddler; itinerant salesman; blackmarket peddler (after WWII)

building with a gabled, hipped roof

small roof (e.g. over the first storey of a building, a window, an attached shed or veranda, etc.); overhang

Organization name

Otowaya (stage name of a kabuki family)

Often as 威張り屋さん

arrogant person; overbearing person; self-important person; braggart; boaster

drinking at home

(private) house; average person's house

vegetable shop; greengrocery; seller of vegetables

shoptalk; matters incomprehensible to outsiders

inside joke; private joke

freeloader; scrounger; sponger; mooch

engraver

having one's own premises

Historical term; Abbr. of 部屋持ち女郎

Edo-period prostitute successful enough to have her own room in a brothel

chandler; candlemaker