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be; is

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period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness

1

concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial

1

to become; to amount to

1

influential person; man of importance

1

to join hands; to join forces; to work in cooperation; to link up; to partner with

1

influence; power; might; strength; potency; force

2

to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around

1

hideout; secret base of operations; safe house

1

evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy

1

den; haunt; hangout; nest; lair

1

clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication

2

from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial

1

internal strife; infighting; internal conflict

1

substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)

1

eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son

1

illicit manufacturing; illicit distilling; moonshining

1

lately; recently; nowadays

1

domestic and foreign; inside and outside the country

1

high price

2

transactions; dealings; business

3

popular person; favorite; favourite

1

citizen; citizenry; city inhabitant; townspeople; bourgeoisie; middle class

3

lifeblood

1

waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser

1

before long; even now

1

transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)

1

to skin; to peel

1

both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold

1

dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry

1

public order; public peace; public security; law and order

1

striking; remarkable; considerable

1

(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption

1

we

2

to manage; to control; to supervise; to crack down on; to keep under strict control; to enforce

1

source of income

1

to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up

1

goodness; excellence; virtue

1

sultry; sweltering; stuffy; uncomfortably hot-looking (clothing, etc.); stuffy-looking

1

production; manufacture

1

had better ...; had better not ...

1

drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other

1

sinful; wicked; immoral

1

detective

4

lending (money); finance; loan; adaptability; versatility; flexibility

1

straight-laced person; stubborn person

1

manageable; tractable; easy to care for; easy to deal with; easy to handle

1

suitable time; good time; propriety; moderation

2

I; me

1

support; backing; endorsement; support; holding up; propping

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