Japanese style; Japanese model; Japanese way
attaching too much importance to; placing disproportionate emphasis on; making too much of
constitution; rules; regulation
the above sentence; the foregoing remark; preamble (to a statute, constitution, etc.); opening part of a letter (used for season's greetings, asking after someone's health, etc.)
in comparison to; rather than
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
postwar period; period after Second World War
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
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
long time; long interval; for quite some time
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
check; restraint; oppression; suppression
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
order; system; structure; set-up; organization; organisation
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
separation; farewell; parting
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.
(abstract) symbol; emblem; representation
sense of values; values; value system
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
modernization; modernisation
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
democratization; democratisation
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
design (on a banner); emblem (on a flag); insignia; banner (e.g. of democracy); slogan; cause
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
starting point; point of departure
constitution of Japan; Japanese constitution
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to