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Yoshiyuki

1

to rip off a coupon; to punch a ticket

1

bulletproof; protection (or charm) against bullets

1

political contributions

2

front company (for an organized crime operation)

1

benevolence; charity; love

5

Narashino

1

political organization; political organisation

1

spread (e.g. of a disease); rampancy; infestation; proliferation; being widespread

1

member of an organized crime group; gangster; mobster; yakuza

1

settlement money; compensation to settle a case out of court

1

pushing forward (undaunted, bravely); working vigorously towards an aim; struggling on; striving towards

1

(the) haves; those who have

1

telephone bill; telephone rate

1

exceeding the speed limit; speeding

1

Nagata-chō (Japan's political center; equiv. of Downing Street)

1

sophism; chop logic; far-fetched argument; quibble; cavil; argument for argument's sake

1

smithing; blacksmith

6

vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)

1

etiquette; good manners

1

fine performance; tour de force

1

hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate

1

false charge; false accusation; misrepresentation

1

local specialty; local special dish

1

promotion of industry; inauguration of a new industrial enterprise

7

to be confused; to be in disorder; to be chaotic; to have troubles; to be in a dispute; to argue

1

special investigation

1

policeman; cop; walking in a circle (dog trick); (arch.) rounds (doctor, police beat, etc.); (arch.) vegetables that accompany rice (secret language of court ladies)

1

(charge) for this month

1

great variety of flowering plants; light greenish-blue; various

1

airborne

1

senility; dotage; decrepitude

1

to be greedy; to covet

1

thick fog; dense fog

1

one after another; in succession

1

children's home; child care institution; orphanage

1

second year of junior high school; second-year junior high school student

1

Satomi

1

interference with a public servant in the execution of his or her duties

1

to capture; to seize; to plunder

2

settlement out of court; private settlement

1

universal serial bus; USB

2

bribe; secret fund; slush fund; money for bribery

2

wholesale

2

prostitution

1

sound of pistol fire; sound of exploding gunpowder; exchange of (pistol) fire; shootout; conflict

1

smuggling; bootlegging; illicit trade

1

(not) even once; (not) ever

1

flat out (of); completely empty; out of money; penniless; broke

1

to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)

1