front company (for an organized crime operation)
to commit a robbery; to burgle
term deposit; (fixed) time deposit
to jump up; to spring up; to move around; to bounce up and down; to pound (of one's heart, e.g. with excitement); to throb
reading circle; reading group; book club
short essay; pamphlet; tract
deposit; earnest payment; earnest money
complicity (in a crime); collusion
arranging beforehand to tell the same story; getting the stories straight; coordinating one's stories
to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to play; to sport; to frolic
shutting oneself in (one's room, etc.); barricading oneself in (a fort, etc.) while being besieged; holing up (in a building)
to sweep the slate clean; to start again from the beginning; to do it all over again
setting a bad example to others
service business (hotel, restaurant, entertainment); service industry
paper airplane (aeroplane)
cancellation of a contract
need; want; necessity; costs; expenses
to arrange beforehand to tell the same story; to get the stories straight
proxy; ringer; substitute; second serving of noodles (to add to previously purchased ramen)
storytelling (of war chronicles, revenge tales, etc.) with highly dramatic delivery; story
to meet; to assemble; to gather; to encounter; to run into
protocol; written evidence; record (investigation, interrogation, etc.); preliminary memo; charge sheet
bōryokudan; gangster organization (organisation); crime syndicate; yakuza
examination; investigation; prosecution
to barricade oneself in; to hold (a fort, etc.); to shut oneself up; to be besieged; to dig in
silence; keeping silent; giving no notice; giving no warning; wordless pantomime performed in the dark (in kabuki)
bring-your-own (e.g. food and drink); carry-on (e.g. luggage)
all together now!; one, two, go!; ready, set, go!; heave, ho!; oops-a-daisy
to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest
to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to
all kinds of things; various things; large number of people
impudent; brazen; shameless; bold
simply put; putting it simply; in short
to manage (all by oneself); to control; to run; to take charge of
handwriting; calligraphy specimen; example of penmanship; holograph
to translate; to interpret
release; liberation; acquittal
shaku (unit of distance approximately equal to 30.3 cm); rule; measure; length