a traditionally working-class area of Tokyo including Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Nihombashi, Kyobashi, Honjo, and Fukagawa

a place name, such as that of Machida City in Tokyo Metropolis / a surname

a surname

money paid in return for cooperation with a request; compensation in response to a government request

necessary evil

necessity (quality or state of being necessary, unavoidable, or absolutely requisite)

unnecessary

needlessness

a 花街 (hanamachi) district in Kyoto

town hall