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Bureaucrats are testing the waters over revising old regulations.
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Vocabulary list

kanryou
noun
  1. bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
kyuu
prefix
  1. old; former; ex-
noun
  1. the old; old things; old customs
  2. old times; bygone days
noun, prefix
  1. Japan's old (lunisolar) calendar
houki
noun
  1. laws and regulations; legislation
no
particle
  1. indicates possessive (occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之)
  2. nominalizes verbs and adjectives
  3. substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases
  4. (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion (often ん)
  5. (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis
  6. (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
kaisei
noun, suru verb, no adjective
  1. revision; amendment; alteration
nikanshite
expression
  1. related to; in relation to; as far as ... is concerned
nariyuki
noun
  1. course (of events); development; progress; outcome; result
  2. market order; order without limit
wo
particle
  1. indicates direct object of action
  2. indicates subject of causative expression
  3. indicates an area traversed
  4. indicates time (period) over which action takes place
  5. indicates point of departure or separation of action
  6. indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
mimamoru

te-form

mimamotte
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to watch over; to watch attentively
Suffix after the te form of a verb
iru

Polite Present Indicative Form

imasu
ichidan verb, auxiliary verb
  1. to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing (after the -te form of a verb; indicates continuing action or state)

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