front company (for an organized crime operation)
term deposit; (fixed) time deposit
deposit; earnest payment; earnest money
complicity (in a crime); collusion
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
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
release; liberation; acquittal
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
sudden; unexpected; unpredictable; unforeseen
to switch (secretly); to substitute; to sidestep (an issue)
to hold down; to twist someone's arm; to force (someone) to yield (e.g. an argument); to make (someone) surrender
optional; voluntary; arbitrary; arbitrary
breeding; raising; rearing
to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off
son (of others); boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
removal (e.g. of a building); dismantling (e.g. a tent); striking (e.g. a stage set); withdrawal (of troops); evacuation; retreating
to become numb; to go to sleep (e.g. a limb); to get an electric shock; to tingle (from an electric shock); to be excited; to be titillated