a lawless district, a high-crime area

first, initial / one-eyed

one-eyed goblin, a Japanese monster

(historical) the Fertile Crescent

Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS)

“a hundred days of sermonizing, one fart” → a metaphor for how something that one has put great effort into can come to nothing after even a slight mistake, much as a hundred days of serious spiritual study can be lost to the winds