crime syndicate; criminal syndicate
bond (between people); (emotional) ties; bonds; tether; fetters
blood relationship; blood relations; being genetically related
members; member; constituent
right and wrong; good and evil
order; discipline; regularity; system; method
armed might; military power; the sword; force
juniors dominating seniors; inferiors overthrowing their superiors; retainer supplanting his lord
fluently; without hesitation; without faltering
(political) power; authority; influence
to go unpunished; to be tolerated; to be allowed; to be overlooked
number of (large) animals
elder brother; big brother; one's senior; one's elder; old ingredients; stale ingredients
organized crime syndicate; criminal group; (lit.) antisocial group
to speak ill of; to disparage
godsend; lifesaver; timely offer; windfall
appearing in unexpected places and at unexpected moments; elusive; phantom
sorry to bother you, but ...
Minato City (special ward of Tokyo); Minato Ward (Osaka); Minato Ward (Nagoya)
high-rise apartment building; high-rise condominium; tower block
(as for (that)) thing; (given (that)) thing; matter; (it is a ...) thing; matter; fact
groundless fear; thinking too much; making too much of
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
trivial matter; trifling thing; something ordinary
(staring) piercingly; (looking) hard
pioneer; leader; taking the initiative; leading an attack; charging ahead of others (towards the enemy)
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. of a joke)
to strike; to hit; to give hell to
disdaining everybody; not caring an ounce about other people's feelings
all kinds of things; various things; large number of people
to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion
video (esp. a televised image); videotape; VHS tape; videocassette recorder; VCR; video (short film)
to sit silently (and submissively) at a meeting