I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
... years old; age (of) ...
trivial; trifling; slight; insignificant
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
to rouse anger; to provoke wrath; to offend
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
the farthest ends; the furthest ends
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
Asura; demigod; anti-god; titan; demigods that fight the Devas (gods) in Hindu mythology
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
taking up a post away from one's family; job transfer without one's family; living apart from one's family for the sake of one's job; unaccompanied posting
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
will (to do something); drive; motivation; enthusiasm; eagerness
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
two persons; two people; pair; couple
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
weak and small; inferior in strength and size; minor; young; youthful
branch office; branch store
bōryokudan; gangster organization (organisation); crime syndicate; yakuza
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
debt; loan; liabilities; number of games under the .500 mark
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.
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
finally; in the end; after all that; eventually; on top of all that
one's younger brother; underling (e.g. in yakuza); junior male peer; sworn younger brother
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed
company president; manager; director
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
old-fashioned way of thinking; old-fashioned spirit; old-fashioned
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
boss (esp. yakuza); foreman
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
hell realm; Naraka; Hell; hell; misery; place where a volcano or hot springs constantly spew smoke or steam
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)