wealthy; rich; affluent; well-off
promotion of industry; inauguration of a new industrial enterprise
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
head house (family); birthplace; originator
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
bōryokudan; gangster organization (organisation); crime syndicate; yakuza
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
members; member; constituent
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
armed forces; military; troops
crumbling; collapse; ruin; has-been; wannabe
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
capital punishment; death penalty; maximum penalty; ultimate punishment
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
blood (in one's face, cheeks, etc.); colour; color; hot-bloodedness; hotheadedness; impulsive temperament
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
thundering; purring; something large and heavy starting to roll; scattered about; common; idleness; idling about
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
within the year; before the year is out
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
some people; a few people; several people
professional killer; hit man
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?