last night; yesterday evening
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
designated organized crime group; designated criminal organisation; designated bōryokudan; designated yakuza group; group officially listed as criminal by the National Police Agency
storytelling (of war chronicles, revenge tales, etc.) with highly dramatic delivery; story
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
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
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
to gather; to collect; to assemble
meeting; assembly; association; conjunction
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
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 receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
Metropolitan Police Department (esp. Tokyo)
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
identical; same; one and the same; fair; equal treatment; without discrimination
perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
suggestion; hint; implication
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
police; police officer; police station
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?