extinction; annihilation; destruction
choosing; selecting; deciding (on)
simple honesty; tactless frankness
height of; middle of; full bloom
prohibition; interdiction; forbidden; prohibited
assistant; adjunct; lieutenant
quarrel; fight; trouble; dispute; friction; discord
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (a burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
to collect (e.g. one's thoughts); to get in order
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish
trouble; difficulty; failure (of an engine, machine, computer, etc.); breakdown; (medical) condition; disorder
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
bōryokudan; gangster organization (organisation); crime syndicate; yakuza
to stick out one's tongue; to ridicule someone (behind their back); to laugh at someone
to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)
contest; competition; struggle; scramble
violence; reckless action; (an) outrage
to get angry; to snap; to blow one's top; to lose one's temper; to flip
sign of remorse; indication of regret
stock; inventory; stocking up (e.g. on food); (soup) stock; stock; share; stock (point-in-time economic quantity)
to give up (all thoughts of); to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to make a decision; to decide
to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (the contents); to tell everything; to open one's heart; to reveal (a secret, the truth, etc.)
great disaster; catastrophe; train wreck
to roll up; to be rolled up
to break into fragments; to go to pieces
to blaze; to burn brightly
loud laughter (esp. by a group of people); roar of laughter; raucous laughter
ingenious; skillful; clever; deft; sophisticated
accidental death; casualty
one's younger brother; underling (e.g. in yakuza); junior male peer; sworn younger brother
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
loud laughter; roaring with laughter
to be offended; to get angry; to be stuffy; to be stifling; firmly (shutting one's mouth)
to say it out loud; to yell out; to emphasize
to check through; to thoroughly investigate
dark history; dark past; something one wants to forget or pretend never happened