chief; main; principal; important
character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
union; alliance; combination; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
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; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
senior high school; high school
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
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
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; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
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
hand game (e.g. rock-paper-scissors)
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 man (in the Edo period, esp. one with forelocks who has not yet had his coming-of-age ceremony); young male prostitute; young kabuki actor (who may also act as a homosexual prostitute); younger partner in a homosexual relationship