bōryokudan; gangster organization (organisation); crime syndicate; yakuza
to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
man; male; masculine gender
good-looking guy; handsome man; hunk; Adonis; cool guy
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
uniform; equal; even; common; ordinary; usual
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person
how long; how much; to what extent
contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause)
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
professional gambler; gangster; gang member; good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well; hoodlum
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain in the same neighborhood
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
to go out; to go around; to walk about; to roam
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath
back street; back alley; off-street
to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
collection (e.g. of a debt); dunning; selection (for a position); exceptional promotion; fresh; freshly picked
end; tip; extremities; terminal
young man (in the Edo period, esp. one with forelocks who has not yet had his coming-of-age ceremony); young male prostitute; young kabuki actor (who may also act as a homosexual prostitute); younger partner in a homosexual relationship
leader of a crime syndicate's henchmen; young leading subordinate in yakuza group
boss (esp. yakuza); foreman
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
tedious; boring; being fed up with
war; fighting; fierce competition
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
not knowing one's social position; overweening; overreaching; forgetting who one is
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place