blackmail; extortion; threat (to extort money)
sexual assault (of a woman); rape
atrocious crime; heinous crime
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
world; society; people; the public
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
young motorcycle-riding delinquents; bōsōzoku
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
only; merely; but; no more than
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; a kick
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
devil; demon; Satan; the Devil; Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
pickled (something); pickled in (something); preserved in; overreliance on (e.g. medication); excessive use of
person or organization (esp. yakuza) in charge of solving problems caused by subordinates; member of a biker gang driving behind the rest (in charge of keeping the police away from the other members)
force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party
serious look (on one's face); straight face
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
to awaken; to arouse from sleep; to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of); to sober up
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
scrutiny; scanning; taking a good look
appraisal; estimation; evaluation; setting prices
somehow dirty; slightly dirty; dingy; somewhat base; vaguely underhanded
baby monkey; small monkey
to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
fine jewel; article of excellent quality; beautiful woman; beauty
male prostitute; rent boy; rentboy; gay brothel
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
ceremony; rite; ritual; service