straight (from one place to another); going right onto; on the way; simultaneously; incidentally; directly
unjustified; unwarranted; unfounded; baseless; groundless
to be suspected (of); to be under suspicion (of)
suicide by jumping (e.g. from a tall building)
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious
Public Safety Bureau (of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department); Special Branch (police); Ministry of Public Security (China)
exceptional; unusual; extraordinary; unprecedented; singular
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
liaison department; public relations department
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
pipe; tube; channels, official or otherwise; (business) connections; tobacco pipe
to suit the convenience of; to accommodate
within a company; in-house; within a shrine; shrine precincts
forcefulness of speech; influential voice
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
acquisition; obtaining; gaining possession; purchase
in case of; at that time; at this time
home area; home town; local
bōryokudan; gangster organization (organisation); crime syndicate; yakuza
coordinator; coordinating role
function; facility; faculty; feature
Kanto; region consisting of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures; Kanto; north-eastern half of Japan (during the feudal era)
stronghold; citadel; headquarters
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
front company (for an organized crime operation)
good luck; fortune; happiness; harvest; yield
promotion of industry; inauguration of a new industrial enterprise
enterprise; business; company; corporation
god of wealth; (arch.) monk's wife
economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; being economical; economy
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
construction industry; construction business
spacious; roomy; broad; wide; extensive
head office; main office; main shrine; this company; this shrine
ornamental (foliage) plant; houseplant
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
to fill one's own pocket by taking advantage of a position