prostitute

will you marry me

A stock phrase in Japanese pop culture supposedly used by the wife in a newly-wed couple to invite her new husband to bed.

Kyūjitai form of 私生児 (“illegitimate child”)

vicissitudes, the way that the world or a person prospers one day and declines the next

一栄一落: vicissitudes

Obsolete spelling of スポーケン (“Spokane (a city in Washington, United States)”)

location, position

one, 1 / the first in order, foremost / the beginning / the best / a kind of; one of something / (card games) an ace / unity / the bottom string of a shamisen or other Japanese musical instrument

number one (used in legal documents)