暴力団を見張るのは危険な冒険だった。

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暴力団 を 見張る の は 危険な 冒険 だった 。

English Translation

Spying on gangsters was a dangerous venture.

Furigana

暴力団(ぼうりょくだん)を見張(みは)るのは危険(きけん)な冒険(ぼうけん)だった。

Romanji

Bōryokudan o miharu no wa kikenna bōken datta.

Words

暴力団 (ぼうりょくだん)

gangster organization (organisation); crime syndicate; yakuza (Japanese mafia); band of thugs; group of hoodlums

を (を)

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.

見張る (みはる)

to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open one's eyes wide

の (の)

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

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

危険 (きけん)

danger; peril; hazard; risk

冒険 (ぼうけん)

risk; venture; adventure

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

Kanji

暴

Readings: ボウ、 バク、 あば.く、 あば.れる

Meanings: outburst, rave, fret, force, violence, cruelty, outrage

力

Readings: リョク、 リキ、 リイ、 ちから

Meanings: power, strength, strong, strain, bear up, exert

団

Readings: ダン、 トン、 かたまり、 まる.い

Meanings: group, association

見

Readings: ケン、 み.る、 み.える、 み.せる

Meanings: see, hopes, chances, idea, opinion, look at, visible

張

Readings: チョウ、 は.る、 -は.り、 -ば.り

Meanings: lengthen, counter for bows & stringed instruments, stretch, spread, put up (tent)

危

Readings: キ、 あぶ.ない、 あや.うい、 あや.ぶむ

Meanings: dangerous, fear, uneasy

険

Readings: ケン、 けわ.しい

Meanings: precipitous, inaccessible place, impregnable position, steep place, sharp eyes

冒

Readings: ボウ、 おか.す

Meanings: risk, face, defy, dare, damage, assume (a name)