introduction; presentation; referral; listing
front company (for an organized crime operation)
identical; same; one and the same; fair; equal treatment; without discrimination
perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime
to employ; to hire; to charter
professional gambler; gangster; gang member; good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well; hoodlum
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
temple bell; hanging bell; funeral bell
manjū; steamed yeast bun with filling
favourite dish (favorite); favourite food
employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
hello; good day; good afternoon
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
member (esp. of a criminal organization); gang member; gangster; yakuza; crime syndicate member
hollow; cavity; hole; cave
Buddhist (household) altar
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)
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
being resented (by someone one holds resentment towards); thinking ill of a person based on a misunderstanding; unjustified resentment caused by a misunderstanding; responding to kindness with resentment
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
neurosis; nervous breakdown; mental problem; identity crisis; obsession
lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end
translation; version (e.g. "English version")
darn it!; darn!; oops!; oh dear!; oh no!
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
from here; from this place
scenery; scene; landscape
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
Wakayama (city, prefecture)