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leader of a crime syndicate's henchmen; young leading subordinate in yakuza group

2

to poke; to push

2

to get angry

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goddamn idiot; moron; nitwit

1

point of compromise; common ground

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to get (someone's) help; to ask for help

1

left; left hand side

3

little finger; pinky; little toe

1

ring finger; third finger; fourth finger (in piano-playing); fourth toe

1

aid; help; assistance; assistant; counselor; counsellor

1

habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle

4

money paid to the government

1

large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate

2

boss; leader; kingpin; chief; head (e.g. of a crime syndicate)

1

economic slump; hard times; poor (business); dull; gloomy; cheerless

1

tiding over

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wide area; wide view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-out view

1

bōryokudan; gangster organization (organisation); crime syndicate; yakuza

1

Hyogo prefecture (Kinki area) (Hyougo)

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Aichi prefecture (Chūbu area)

1

to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)

1

to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into

2

right in the middle (of); midst; height

1

Aichi (prefecture)

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bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat

1

business conditions; the market; good (economic) times; prosperity; liveliness; energy

1

prostitution; call girl business

5

to be profitable; to yield a profit

1

foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd

1

stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company

3

heavy loss

1

to beg; to ask; to request; to invite

1

cooked rice; meal

1

losing the means of livelihood; (arch.) a samurai's annual rice stipend being suspended; (in fishing) the fish swimming upward after biting the fishhook

1

to lose (money, etc.); to waste one's (time, etc.); to have one's efforts come to naught

1

contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade

1

virtual currency; cryptocurrency

1

fashion; fad; vogue; prevalence (e.g. of a disease)

1

smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)

3

street; quarter; district; area

1

Kayama

14

to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for

1

box seat; (restaurant) booth; box (theater, sports stadium, etc.)

1

we; us

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murder case

2

saying something (to someone); greeting; approaching (someone)

1

brandy

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ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)

2

peak; summit; ridge; back of a blade

1

to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)

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