elder brother; big brother; one's senior; one's elder; old ingredients; stale ingredients
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
pet saying; favorite phrase; stock phrase; manner of talking
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
once in a lifetime; once in one's life
to give one's life; to lay down one's life
readiness; (mental) preparedness; resolution; determination; resignation (to one's fate)
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
mean; contemptible; despicable; dirty; foul; cowardly
mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
to act as one pleases; to throw one's weight around; to have everything one's own way; to grow freely (e.g. of weeds)
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
(member of the) yakuza; gangster; hoodlum; racketeer; useless; worthless
movie; film; motion picture
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
in this way; like this; this (much); so; uh; er
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
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
charge; rush; dash; assault; attack
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
boss; leader; kingpin; chief; head (e.g. of a crime syndicate)