committee; commission; board; panel; committee meeting
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
(one's) self; oneself; yourself; himself; herself
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
stance; attitude; standpoint; stance; posture
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.
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
staff; staff member; stuffing (in Western cuisine); filling; stuff; materials
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
party-internal; within the party
conference; consultation; discussion; negotiation
end; close; conclusion; termination
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
mass communication; mass media
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
temporary; provisional; interim; special; extraordinary; extra
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
government; administration; ministry
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
revealing (information, a secret, etc.); disclosure; telling; letting out
like; as; so that; in order that; be sure to; I hope (that)
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
notification; official notice; directive (e.g. from higher to lower levels of the administration); being well versed (in); being proficient (in)
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
although I say; although one might say; although called
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
member of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament; member of Congress
excluding; except (for); apart from; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff