shopping district; shopping street; downtown
to smash violently; to crush
shopping centre; shopping center; mall
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
buying up plots of land by force to resell at a large profit; land sharking; raising the ground level (with fill)
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast
economic slump; hard times; poor (business); dull; gloomy; cheerless
by means of; due to; because of; according to
construction; establishment
delay; lag; postponement; falling behind
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
vocal message; speech; statement; prologue at the start of a kabuki performance
to gather; to collect; to assemble
healthy; sound; wholesome
close fitting trousers; working trousers; long johns; long underpants
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
independent business; self-employment
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
boss (esp. yakuza); foreman
crotch; crutch; groin; fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
to pull in (fish); to land
gaudy; showy; garish; crooked; vicious; wicked
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
prefectural assembly member
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
notice or order handed down from above; announcement; notification; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) to the concerned parties
by the end of this month; before the month is out; in the course of this month
with the exception of; excepting; excluding