government; administration; ministry
consultation; question; enquiry; inquiry
town; city; municipal; urban
committee; commission; board; panel; committee meeting
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
to serve as; to act as; to fill (the position of); to play the role of; to be in charge of; to hold (a position)
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
example; instance; precedent; custom; habit
to show; to display; to make (something or someone) look ...; to present an appearance of ...; to make (something) worth watching; to be entertaining; to have (something) looked at (by a specialist)
suffix for familiar person
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
to bring (something); to take along; to fetch; to get
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
handwriting; handwritten; hand-drawn; hand-painted
Yamagata (city, prefecture); mountain shape; chevron; cone
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
sender; consignor; remitter
literature; the arts; art and literature; liberal arts
group with a common interest (e.g. students); club (e.g. company sports club); circle; circle (shape)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
student of a women's college; female university student
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
information; news; information (data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.); informatics (as a subject)
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
one's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
water (esp. cool or cold); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust