underground world; underground society
to roar; to reverberate; to be well-known; to be famous; to palpitate; to throb
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
small fraction; small proportion
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
to sniff out; to get wind of
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see...
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
spirit of a deceased person; the Holy Ghost; the Holy Spirit
wholesale arrest; round-up
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
principal offence; principal offense; principal offender
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
bashful; shameful; ashamed
to order; to command; to appoint
consists of; comprises; is made up of
ago; since; before; previous
connection; link; relationship
establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
scale; scope; plan; structure
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
since when; from when; how long
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
Doll's Festival (March 3); Girls' Festival; Peach Festival
great purification; purification rite performed twice a year, before daijōsai and after major disasters
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
decisive action; going through with; daring to do; carrying out
Tokyo Metropolis (prefecture); Tokyo metropolitan area
plural; multiple; several
artificial; unnatural; human-caused (e.g. mistake, error, disaster); man-made
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
in history; ever; historical
by means of; due to; because of; according to
officiating priest; presiding priest at a ceremony; religious teacher; highly-ranked priest; guru; instructor (yoga, etc.)