government; administration; ministry
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
emergency measures; urgent countermeasures
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)
Japan Self-Defense Forces; JSDF; self-defence force; self-defense force
public security operation
about; on; regarding; per; for every
ruling and opposition parties; parties in and out of power
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 ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
already; previously; before; undeniably; unmistakably
Saitama Prefecture (Kanto area)
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
10,000; ten thousand; 10^4
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
by means of; due to; because of; according to
declaration of a state of emergency
finally; in the end; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
police; police officer; police station; self-appointed enforcer (of a rule, standard, etc.); busybody
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style; one Buddhist image
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
oh; oh my; oh dear; well, ...; er ...; why, ...
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...