Excellent (grade); A; superiority; excellence; gentle; graceful
brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
party (political); person who is fond of; fan of
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
parliamentarian; member of a congress
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
regulation; (traffic) policing; control; restriction
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
violation; offense; offence; breach; transgression; infringement
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
District Public Prosecutor's Office
special investigation department
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
lack of evidence; insufficient evidence
according to; by (means of); due to; because of
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.
nonprosecution; nonindictment
disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
member of the Diet; Diet member; member of parliament; MP
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
construction; establishment
donation; contribution; offering
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
abandoning (hope, plans); giving up
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
interview; audience; meeting; (viewing) party
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
to repeat; to do something over again
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
(camera) shutter; shutter (for a door, window, etc.)
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast