禁酒法のしかれていた時代に、酒類密輸入の悪どい商売を腕ずくで自分の支配下におくために、てき屋たちは、おたがいに殺しあっていた。

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English Translation

During prohibition days, racketeers used to rub each other out to get control of the rum-running racket.

Furigana

禁酒法(きんしゅほう)のしかれていた時代(じだい)に、酒類(しゅるい)密輸入(みつゆにゅう)の悪(わる)どい商売(しょうばい)を腕(うで)ずくで自分(じぶん)の支配下(しはいか)におくために、てき屋(や)たちは、おたがいに殺(ころ)しあっていた。

Romanji

Kinshuhō no shikareteita jidai ni, shurui mitsuyunyū no warudoi shōbai o udezuku de jibun no shihaika ni oku tameni,teki yatachi wa, otagaini koroshiatteita.

Words

禁酒法 (きんしゅほう)

Prohibition Law

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

時代 (じだい)

period; epoch; era; age; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness; antiquity; antique; period piece

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

酒類 (しゅるい)

alcoholic drinks; liquor

密輸入 (みつゆにゅう)

smuggling in

悪い (わるい)

bad; poor; inferior; evil; sinful; unprofitable; unbeneficial; at fault; to blame; in the wrong; sorry

商売 (しょうばい)

trade; business; commerce; transaction; occupation

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

腕ずく (うでずく、うでづく)

main force; brute force; strong-arm

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

自分 (じぶん)

myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself; I; me; you

支配下 (しはいか)

under control (e.g. of territory)

置く (おく)

to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire; to employ; to place (one's trust, one's faith, etc); to bear (in mind etc); to put down a tool (e.g. a pen) hence stopping what one is doing with that tool; to take in (boarders, etc.); to provide lodging in one's house; to separate spatially or temporally; to do something in advance; to leave something in a certain state; to keep something in a certain state

為に (ために)

for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; in favor of; in favour of; on behalf of; because of; as a result of

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

お互いに (おたがいに)

mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both

殺す (ころす)

to kill