extortion; blackmail; shakedown; extortionist; blackmailer; racketeer
Ginza (shopping district in Tokyo); (Edo period) silver mint
to set up shop; to open a store
large company; large enterprise; large corporation
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
joining a company; getting a job with a company; entering a company
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
property; fortune; means; assets
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
by nature; by birth; naturally; natural; innate
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
arm; skill; efforts; ability
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
to tear off; to pluck off; to take forcibly
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
to fall in love; to be in love; to be charmed with; to lose one's heart to
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
that's the way it is; such is life
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
hateful; abominable; poor-looking; amazing; fantastic; admirable
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
to give; to do (something) for
quickly; at once; right away; hurriedly
now; the present time; just now; another; more