arbitration; conciliation; mediation
black-market lending; illegal loan
repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back
loan shark who specializes in refinancing debts
trader who provides cash to debtors by getting them to make expensive credit card purchases and then buying the purchases at a fraction of the price
gambling house; gaming room; gambling den
what would (you) do?; what to do about it
black-market lending; illegal loan
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
(high interest) loan forcefully imposed on the borrower
coping method; approach; how to deal with (problem, etc.)
police; police officer; police station
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
oral; verbal; spoken; parol
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
principle; general rule; as a rule; in principle; in general
to be grounded on; to be based on; to be due to; to originate from
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
to make clear; to clarify; to disclose; to make public
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
use; utility; effect; benefit
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
dispute; conflict; trouble; strife
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
document; letter; writing; contents (e.g. of a letter)
sample; example; specimen; display model (e.g. plastic food models used by restaurants)
prescribed form (of writing); format
legal; from a legal standpoint; legally speaking; de jure
text; provisions (act, treaty)
faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true
text (of a book, document, etc.); body (of a letter); this passage; this sentence