China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
underworld; underside of society
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
to leap out (e.g. onto the stage); to spring out; to jump (e.g. into first place); to shoot (e.g. to the top); to come to the forefront
world; society; people; the public
intended for ...; oriented towards ...; aimed at ...
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to say; to be called; to do
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
customer; client; client company; business connection; trade partner
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
flat; even; level; plain (speech, etc.); simple
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
legal; lawful; legitimate; law-abiding; in order
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to force someone to clamp with their teeth; to force into someone's mouth (e.g. a gag); to wedge into a space; to inflict (a blow); to deal (a hit); to pull (a joke)
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
extortion; blackmail; shakedown; extortionist; blackmailer; racketeer
to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
meaning; significance; sense
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
establishment; founding; organization; organisation
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
really; truly; indeed; good grief
just now; a moment ago; this very minute
home area; home town; local
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.