Ministry of Foreign Affairs
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
last night; yesterday evening
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
interview; audience; meeting; (viewing) party
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
president (of a country); big man; boss; buddy
coming to Japan; visit to Japan; arrival in Japan
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
first third of a month; first ten days of a month
when it becomes; when it comes to
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
bull; bull; bulldog; bulldozer; bourgeois; bourgeoisie
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
during; for the duration of
Japan and the United States; Japanese-American
leadership conference; summit meeting; top-level conference
then; well; so; well then
to choose; to select; to pick (out)
(jumping) nimbly; light-footed; boing; used at sentence end to affect cuteness
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; used for soft emphasis or to soften a statement or request; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.
chief for the day (PR event in which a celebrity heads a police, fire, etc. department for a day)
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
tension; strain; tensions (between countries, groups, etc.); tonus; muscle tone
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
(fighting) spirit; motivation; shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.); cheer; kiai; short shout when performing an attacking move
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
chief (of police); head (of office)
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
single word; a few words; brief comment
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
police officer; policeman; policewoman
regulation cap; school cap
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.
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)