to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; shapely; neatly; cleanly; without trouble; clearly
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
one's heart; one's mind; one's intentions
to whine; to make feeble complaints
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
four times; four colour process printing (color); CMYK printing
air con; air conditioner; air conditioning
very early in the morning; so early in the morning; at this ungodly hour
corner; section; one horn; narwhal (Monodon monoceros)
to spread one's roots (of a tree, etc.); to take root (of an ideology, etc.)
(young) hoodlum; delinquent boy; small-time yakuza; brat; little shit
rising; developing; emergent; burgeoning; new
Anti-Organized Crime Law (1991)
revision; amendment; alteration
destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe
members; member; constituent
Central and South America
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
Chinese (lineage, ancestry, ethnicity, etc.); Sino-
(United States of) America; USA; US
to be related; to be connected; to be joined together; to result in; to lead to; to bring about
to resume breathing; to come around; to come back to life
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
multinational; transnational
union; alliance; combination; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)
gang of young toughs; hooligans; hoodlums; hoods; yobbos
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
in general; generally; as a whole; all in all; altogether
chivalry; generosity; heroism; chivalrous spirit; helping the weak and fighting the strong
meaning; tenor; effect; influence; appearance; aspect
old-fashioned way of thinking; old-fashioned spirit; old-fashioned
possessed of a strong sense of duty
one's younger brother; underling (e.g. in yakuza); junior male peer; sworn younger brother
to rise; to erect; to get up
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
to be able to handle strain (overexertion, inconvenience, etc.)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
fast-talking; rapid talking