anything and everything; just about everything
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
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
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
upper reaches of a river; upstream
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
bōryokudan; gangster organization (organisation); crime syndicate; yakuza
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
members; member; constituent
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to originate with; to start with; to stem from
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
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 hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
settlement; solution; resolution
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
older sister; elder sister
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
to wait for one's chance; to wait for an opportunity
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate