to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
tobacco; cigarette; cigaret; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)
abstaining from smoking; quitting smoking; No Smoking!; Smoking Prohibited!
bōryokudan; gangster organization (organisation); crime syndicate; yakuza
boss (esp. yakuza); foreman
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
greed; cruelty; callous; (arch.) insistent; (arch.) insistence
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
Metropolitan Police Department (esp. Tokyo)
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
blackmail; extortion; threat (to extort money)
wound; injury; accident; assault; inflicting bodily injury
sexual assault (of a woman); rape
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
name; given name; first name
surfacing; rising to the surface; emerging; leaping into prominence; rising (of rank)
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
to commit a crime; to commit a sin
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
to make up for; to compensate for; to indemnify; to recompense; to redeem (e.g. a fault); to atone for
should; must; -able; probably; likely
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
to tie up; to tie together; to hang (oneself); to summarize; to put (it all) together; to estimate; to expect
that; the matter in question
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)