Vocabulary
- 参議院:The House of Councillors
- 国土交通省:The Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry
- 経済産業省:The Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry
- 農林水産省:The Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry
- 環境省:The Environment Ministry
- 防衛省:The Defense Ministry
- 文部科学省:The Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Ministry
- 財務省:The Finance Ministry
- 外務省:The Foreign Affairs Ministry
- 厚生労働省:The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry
- 総務省:The Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry
- 総理大臣:Prime Minister
- 官房長官:Chief Cabinet Secretary
- 大臣:Minister
- 外交:diplomacy(アクセントは o の上)
- 軍事:military
- 世論調査:poll, opinion survey
- 内閣支持率:approval rating for the cabinet
- 自民党:LDP, or Liberal Democratic Party
- 自民党総裁:LDP leader
- 自民党総裁選に出馬する:to run in the LDP presidential election
- 安定的な皇位継承を実現させる:to ensure stable Imperial succession
- 皇位を継承する:to ascent to the throne
- 憲法9条:Article 9 of the Constitution
Sentences
- Yoshihide Suga succeeded Shizo Abe as Japan’s Prime Minister.(日本の首相として菅義偉は安倍晋三を引き継いだ。)
- The approval rating for the cabinet of Prime Minster Shinzo Abe is under 40 percent.(安倍晋三内閣の支持率は40パーセントを切っている。)
- Article 9 of the Constitution renounces Japan’s right to wage war(憲法9条は日本の戦争遂行の権利を破棄する。)
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