chief; main; principal; important
character (in a play, novel, film, etc.); dramatis personae
state (of the US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. of Canada); continent; province (of Japan); province (of ancient China); prefecture
union; combination; association; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series; -type
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
boss (esp. yakuza); foreman
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
senior high school; high school
third-year student; third-year pupil
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
designated organized crime group; designated criminal organisation; designated bōryokudan; designated yakuza group; group officially listed as criminal by the National Police Agency
first; preliminary; primary (sources, industry, etc.); original; linear (function, equation); first-order
group; party; team; organization; organisation; association
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
president (of an organization); director general; governor (of a central bank); party leader (esp. LDP)
adviser; advisor; consultant; school club supervisor (usu. a teacher); school club manager
Śakra (Deva); Shakra; Indra; Shakra Devanam Indra; the king of heaven in Hindu mythology
leader of a crime syndicate's henchmen; young leading subordinate in yakuza group
next term; next period; next version; next release
male; manly; brave; larger (of the two); greater; (arch.) man
father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
penal servitude; serving time in prison; military service; forced labor; compulsory service
medium (size); average (grade, level, etc.); in; within; during; while; currently (doing)
yaksha (Buddhist guardian deities sometimes depicted as demonic warriors)
one's younger brother; underling (e.g. in yakuza); junior male peer; sworn younger brother
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
nocturnal luminescence; noctilucence
older brother; elder brother; brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband)
bravery; courage; heroism
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
president (of a society); chairman
rakshasa; man-eating demon in Hinduism and Buddhism
aid; help; assistance; assistant; counselor; counsellor
young person; young man; (arch.) boy who has not yet had his coming-of-age ceremony (Edo period); (arch.) young (homosexual) male prostitute; (arch.) young kabuki actor also working as a male prostitute; (arch.) boy in a homosexual relationship (with a man)
adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law