wide area; wide view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-out view
bōryokudan; gangster organization (organisation); crime syndicate; yakuza
Kanto; region consisting of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures; Kanto; north-eastern half of Japan (during the feudal era)
affiliated with; under jurisdiction of; under the umbrella
police; police officer; police station
whole story; full picture; full particulars
absolutely normal; perfectly commonplace; taken for granted
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
to repeat; to be frequent
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
plain; plateau; tableland
settlement; solution; resolution
to send or direct a person to
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
had enough; flatly refusing; wouldn't do for anything; begging pardon
if you think about it; come to think of it
to quit (a shady business); to wash one's hands of; to cut one's ties with; to wash one's feet
armed group; armed insurgents
successor; replacement; second wife
unwelcome favor; unwelcome favour; misplaced kindness
neglect of one's health; unhealthy living; intemperance
to curse; to cast a spell; to haunt; to cause a bad result; to bring about a negative outcome
to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
authority; power; influence
group; bunch; crowd; group
leader of a crime syndicate's henchmen; young leading subordinate in yakuza group
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
dominion; territory; possession
Kansai; region consisting of Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures; Kansai; south-western half of Japan (during the feudal era)
union; alliance; combination; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse
taking a story with a grain of salt; discounting half the story
to set about in earnest; to put one's back into something