Ministry of Foreign Affairs
safety information; safety bulletin
northern part; the north (of a region)
autonomous prefecture; autonomous oblast; autonomous community; autonomous province
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
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
national border; provincial border
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
voyage; passage; travelling
postponement; deferment; adjournment
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.
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
western part; the west (of a region); the West (United States)
and (also); both ... and; as well as
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
contact information (for inquiries) (e.g. corporate phone number); reference (e.g. personal reference)
circle; "correct"; "good"; *; _; period
bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation
foreign; abroad; overseas
Japanese national (esp. abroad); fellow countryman
lesson; section (in an organization); division; counter for lessons and chapters (of a book)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to concern; to be related
enquiry; inquiry; query; interrogation; ENQ
address (e.g. of house); residence; domicile
Tokyo Metropolis (prefecture); Tokyo metropolitan area
Kasumigaseki; district of Tokyo where most of Japan's government ministry offices are located; government ministries (of Japan); Japanese government bureaucracy
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); certain; unnamed; undisclosed
phone extension; indoor wiring; inner line
chapter one; first chapter
foreigner; stranger; gentile; goy
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis