to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
just because; even if; even though
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
to punish; to penalize; to penalise
wide area; wide view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-out view
bōryokudan; gangster organization (organisation); crime syndicate; yakuza
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
United Kingdom; Britain; English (language)
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
stretching a rope around; roping off; one's turf; domain; territory (of an animal)
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
blunder; miss; slip; oversight
fee; charge; rate; material
youngster; neophyte; greenhorn
home area; home town; local
(young) hoodlum; delinquent boy; small-time yakuza; brat; little shit
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
last week; the week before
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
woman; girl; daughter; Chinese "Girl" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
unflaggingly; steadily; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking
to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
boss (esp. yakuza); foreman
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination