height of; middle of; full bloom
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
prohibition; interdiction; forbidden; prohibited
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
assistant; adjunct; lieutenant
quarrel; fight; trouble; dispute; friction; discord
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
meaning; significance; sense
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
accounting; finance; bill (at a restaurant); check; accountant; treasurer
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
to collect (e.g. one's thoughts); to get in order
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
to look at; to gaze; to stare at
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
bōryokudan; gangster organization (organisation); crime syndicate; yakuza
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
(some) more; even more; longer; further
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not