暴力団の組長は団員全部に規則を守らせ、恐怖感によって、団員を掌握した。

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English Translation

The gang leader made all the members toe the line, keeping control through fear.

Furigana

暴力団(ぼうりょくだん)の組長(くみちょう)は団員(だんいん)全部(ぜんぶ)に規則(きそく)を守(まも)らせ、恐怖感(きょうふかん)によって、団員(だんいん)を掌握(しょうあく)した。

Romanji

Bōryokudan no kumichō wa dan'in zenbu ni kisoku o mamorase, kyōfukan niyotte, dan'in o shōakushita.

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

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

組長 (くみちょう)

boss (esp. yakuza); foreman

は (は)

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

団員 (だんいん)

group member

全部 (ぜんぶ)

all; entire; whole; altogether

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

規則 (きそく)

rules; regulations; conventions

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.

守る (まもる)

to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe; to obey; to follow

恐怖感 (きょうふかん)

feeling of dread; awful feeling; sense of fear

に因って (によって)

according to; by (means of); due to; because of

掌握 (しょうあく)

grasping; seizing; holding