immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
person given as a reference; witness; potential suspect; person of interest; witness
to filch; to snatch; to steal (an idea, work, etc.); to plagiarize; to arrest; to nab
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
royal capital; imperial capital
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
young man; youth; lad; servant boy; young shopboy
gambling den; gambling house
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
mahjong parlour; mahjong parlor
playing mahjong all night
to drain; to flow (unobstructed); to sell well; to be in good demand; to exit the stage; to remove (a prop) from the stage
katsudon; pork cutlet served on top of a bowl of rice
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
(young) hoodlum; delinquent boy; small-time yakuza; brat; little shit
soon; before long; shortly; close (by); near; nearby
speaking without thinking; words spoken without much thought
back; backing; going backwards; background; backdrop; backhand; backer
to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
contrivance; managing (to raise money); one's financial condition
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
approximately; about; only; nothing but; just (finished, etc.)
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
one more time; once more; once again
stairs; stairway; staircase
to fall off; to tumble down
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
stealthily; secretly; in secret
to get a (driver's) license
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
what kind of; what sort of; what; how; in what way
independence; self-reliance
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to go out and away; to leave