smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
plain; plateau; tableland
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity
with ... as a start; taking advantage of; inspired by
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
increase; rise; growth; addition; increment
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
street prostitute; streetwalker; lady of the night
juvenile vagrant; street urchin; waif; guttersnipe
relief; aid; help; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
internment camp; detention facility; POW camp; refugee camp
superintendent; supervisor; warden
escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
energy; energy; strength; energy source; energy resource; food energy
show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
boss; leader; kingpin; chief; head (e.g. of a crime syndicate)
Kanto; region consisting of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures; Kanto; north-eastern half of Japan (during the feudal era)
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
manager; controller; chief treasurer; boss (of a gambling den)
rising; developing; emergent; burgeoning; new
blackmail; extortion; threat (to extort money)
custom; common practice; habit
conspirators; faction; cabal; clique
good feeling; good will; favourable impression; favorable impression
barrier; gate; seki (in go); mutual life
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
execution of a sentence (esp. imprisonment)
Japanese spindletree (Euonymus japonicus)
adviser; advisor; consultant