leading a meeting; presiding over a meeting; officiating at a ceremony; chairman; presenter; host
latest; newest; late-breaking (news)
medical care; medical treatment
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
export; exportation; efferent
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
how; in what way; how about
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
should; must; -able; probably; likely
don't you think?; indicates question
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
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.
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
jumping straight to the business, ...; I know this is abrupt, but ...; let's skip the pleasantries; getting to the point
altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced
(college) president; secretary-general
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
selfless (pious, righteous) man
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
place; situation; position; location
all present; all concerned; all of us
your will; your pleasure; your wish; certainly; as you say; you are quite right
coincident with; while; simultaneously
relation; connection; relevance
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry; METI
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology; MEXT
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)