Can somebody "translate" the technical jargon? I know "protection racket" but the other two drew blanks on google and wikipedia.

sanitaeter said:

Can somebody "translate" the technical jargon? I know "protection racket" but the other two drew blanks on google and wikipedia.

Shinogi (シノギ) is "鎬" which is the ridge of a sword.
I'm not 100% sure on potato-picking, but closest I could find was it means "someone is scared and reluctant". https://ja-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/%E8%8A%8B?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=wapp