1. (official) State of Japan
2. State of Japan

1. can; to have the skill; to know how to
2. to be likely to; to be sure to
3. to meet; to get together
4. meeting; gathering
5. (suffix) union; group; association
6. (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. huǐ)

1. today
2. the present time; now

1. to elect
2. election

classifiers: 次, 個

1. (completed action marker)
2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)

1. to finish
2. (used with 得 dé or 不 bù after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 无 wú or 不 bù) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
4. to understand clearly (variant of 了 liǎo)

1. (of eyes) bright
2. clear-sighted
3. to understand clearly

1. one's conduct
2. deed
3. activity
4. accomplishment
5. achievement
6. to act as
7. as (in the capacity of)
8. qua
9. to view as
10. to look upon (sth as)
11. to take sth to be

1. whole nation
2. nationwide
3. countrywide
4. national

1. (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六 dìliù "sixth")
2. (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed
3. (old) residence of a high official
4. (literary) but; however
5. (literary) only; just

1. to arrive at (place or time)
2. period
3. to become due
4. classifier for events, meetings, elections, sporting fixtures, years (of graduation)

1. premier
2. prime minister

classifiers: 個, 位, 名