class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
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
war; fighting; fierce competition
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
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 wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
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)
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
company president; manager; director
evil influence; (evil) clutches; tentacles of evil
family; members of a family
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
devil; demon; Satan; the Devil; Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment
invitation; introduction; temptation
to accept; to receive; to agree
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
boss (esp. yakuza); foreman
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
don't you think?; indicates question
how; in what way; how about
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
two persons; two people; pair; couple