日本の国会 食べ物の消費税を下げる案の話し合いが始まる
EasyN4–N3Society1 min readPublished Oct 21, 2026
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LevelWord & meaningActions
- —２０日Popular20th day of the month; 20 days
- N3国会PopularNational Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1947-); Imperial Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1889-1947); legislative assembly; parliament; congress
- N5でAt, in (location of where an action happens); By, with, using (means or method); Within, in (a span of time); With; By (using)
- N5食べ物Popularfood
- N5のpossessive marker in front of a noun; possessor + の + possessed noun (Noun+の+Noun); standalone possessive pronoun form (mine/yours) using の followed by だ/です; possessive marker; genitive marker of ownership; shows that something belongs to someone/something; the 's' possessive in Japanese; subject marker inside a noun-modifying (attributive) clause; replaces が in relative clauses (ga/no alternation, e.g. 彼の言うこと = 彼が言うこと)
- —消費税Popularconsumption tax (incl. sales tax, VAT, excise duty, etc.)
- N5をDirect object marker; Marks the object of a verb; Indicates what is being acted upon
- N4下げるPopularto hang; to suspend; to wear (e.g. decoration); to lower; to reduce; to bring down; to demote; to move back; to pull back; to clear (plates); to remove (food, etc. from table or altar); to keep on playing after one has formed a scoring combination with captured cards
- N3案Popularidea; plan; proposal; suggestion; (government) bill; draft; rough copy; expectation; desk; stand
- N1話し合いPopulardiscussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference
- N5がSubject marking particle; Identification/attributive marking in some contexts (as in 'X is Y')
- N5始まるPopularto begin; to start; to commence; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
- N5ますPolite verb ending; Masu-form ending; Polite form of verbs
- N5はAs for... (highlights sentence topic); Topic marker used to indicate what the sentence is about; Marks the topic of the sentence, sometimes with contrast
- N5物Popularthing; object; article; stuff; substance; one's things; possessions; property; belongings; things; something; anything; everything; nothing; quality; reason; the way of things; used to emphasize emotion, judgment, etc.; used to indicate a common occurrence in the past (after a verb in past tense); used to indicate a general tendency; used to indicate something that should happen; item classified as ...; item related to ...; work in the genre of ...; cause of ...; cause for ...; somehow; somewhat; for some reason; really; truly
- N5買うPopularto buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to have a high opinion of; to appreciate; to recognize; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers); to invite (e.g. scorn); to evoke; to arouse; to win (someone's favour); to accept; to take on; to take up; to pay for (a prostitute, geisha, etc.)
- N5〜た・〜ている＋名詞Verb modifies noun; Relative clause: a verb phrase describing the noun that follows; Past or ongoing action describing the noun
- N4ときWhen; At the time of; Whenever (time when something happens)
- N4などSuch as; Things like; Etc.; And so on
- N5にto indicate location/time/destination; to indicate the indirect object/recipient; to indicate purpose or goal in simple contexts
- N4払うPopularto pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to clear away; to dust off; to cut off (e.g. branches); to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention); to show (e.g. respect, concern); to make (e.g. effort, sacrifice); to expend; to exert; to move out (of one's own place); to vacate; to sweep (e.g. one's legs); to knock aside; to make a sweeping stroke (in Japanese calligraphy); to reset (an abacus)
- N3税金Populartax; duty
- N5ですto be; is; am; used to state something politely
- N5来年Popularnext year
- —４月PopularApril; fourth month in the lunar calendar
- N5からfrom; since; because (informal)
- N3年間Popular(period of) a year; during the era (of)
- N3パーセントPopularpercent; per cent; percentage
- —にPopularat (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although
- N3収入Popularincome; earnings; revenue; proceeds; takings; receipts
- N5少ないPopularfew; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient; seldom; rare
- N5人Popularperson; someone; somebody; human beings; mankind; man; people; humans; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others; character; personality; nature; capable person; competent person; suitable person; right person; adult; grown-up; I; me; one
- —にはPopularto; for; on; in; at; in order to; for; as for; regarding; while it is (was) the case that ...; indeed ... (but); certainly ... (but)
- N5お金Popularmoney
- N5もalso; too; as well; even; either; neither
- N5渡すPopularto ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to traverse; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in; to pass; to give; to transfer
- —このためPopularbecause of this
- N3日本PopularJapan
- N3政府Populargovernment; administration; ministry
- —兆Popular10^12; 1,000,000,000,000; trillion; sign; omen; indication; portent
- N3円Popularyen (currency of Japan); circle
- N1ぐらいPopularapproximately; about; around; or so; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; so ... that ...; at least; as ... as ...; like
- N4用意Popularpreparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
- N5するPopularto do; to carry out; to perform; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; to place, or raise, person A to a post or status B; to transform A to B; to make A into B; to exchange A for B; to make use of A for B; to view A as B; to handle A as if it were B; to feel A about B; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to
- N4必要Popularnecessary; needed; essential; indispensable; necessity; need; requirement
- N5があるto exist (inanimate things); to have; there is/are
- —年Popularyear; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
- N4過ぎるPopularto pass through; to pass by; to go beyond; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to be over; to exceed; to surpass; to be above; to be no more than ...; to be excessive; to be too much; to be too ...
- N4たらWhen; From when; Just when; If
- N3戻すPopularto put back; to return; to give back; to restore (to a previous state, e.g. defrosting, reconstituting, reconciling); to turn back (e.g. clock hand); to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
- N4予定Popularplans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation; estimate
