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Parliament members had a raucous argument over the Wiretapping Law.
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Vocabulary list

kokkai
noun
  1. National Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1947-)
  2. Imperial Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1889-1947)
  3. legislative assembly; parliament; congress
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
touchou
noun, suru verb, no adjective
  1. interception (email); wiretap; bug
houan
noun
  1. bill (law); measure
womegutte
expression
  1. in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)
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.
meguru

te-form

megutte
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to go around
  2. to return
  3. to surround
  4. to concern (usu. of disputes)
masani
adverb
  1. exactly; surely; certainly; just (esp. 正に when in kanji)
  2. right then; just then; at that moment
  3. just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening) (esp. 将に when in kanji)
  4. duly; naturally (esp. 当に when in kanji)
kankangakugaku
no adjective, taru adjective, adverb taking the to particle
  1. outspoken; arguing (heatedly) what one believes in; insisting on something without restraint
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
karada
noun
  1. body (からだ is a gikun reading of 身体)
  2. torso; trunk
  3. build; physique; frame; figure
  4. health; constitution
  5. corpse; dead body
dearu

Plain Past Indicative Form

deatta
copula, godan verb (irregular)
  1. be; is
de
particle
  1. at; in (indicates location of action; にて is the formal literary form)
  2. at; when (indicates time of action)
  3. by; with (indicates means of action)
conjunction
  1. and then; so
auxiliary
  1. and; then (indicates continuing action; alternative form of 〜て used for some verb types)
particle
  1. let me tell you; don't you know (at sentence-end; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.)
aru

Plain Past Indicative Form

atta
godan verb (irregular), intransitive verb
  1. to be; to exist; to live (usu. of inanimate objects)
  2. to have
  3. to be located
  4. to be equipped with
  5. to happen; to come about

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