Metropolitan Police Department (esp. Tokyo)
Public Safety Bureau (of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department); Special Branch (police); Ministry of Public Security (China)
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
exceptional; unusual; extraordinary; unprecedented; singular
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
liaison department; public relations department
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
company president; manager; director
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
pipe; tube; channels, official or otherwise; (business) connections; tobacco pipe
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
to suit the convenience of; to accommodate
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
within a company; in-house; within a shrine; shrine precincts
forcefulness of speech; influential voice
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
acquisition; obtaining; gaining possession; purchase
in case of; at that time; at this time
home area; home town; local
bōryokudan; gangster organization (organisation); crime syndicate; yakuza
coordinator; coordinating role
function; facility; faculty; feature
Kanto; region consisting of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures; Kanto; north-eastern half of Japan (during the feudal era)
stronghold; citadel; headquarters
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
front company (for an organized crime operation)
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
good luck; fortune; happiness; harvest; yield
promotion of industry; inauguration of a new industrial enterprise
enterprise; business; company; corporation
concern; circumstance which is becoming a problem; case (court)