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Much legal language is obscure to a layman.
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Vocabulary list

houritsuyougo
noun
  1. legal term; law term
houritsu
noun, no adjective
  1. law
yougo
noun
  1. term; terminology
  2. wording; choice of words; phraseology
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
taihan
noun, no adjective
  1. majority; more than half; most (of)
noun, adverb
  1. mostly; largely; mainly; predominately; nearly
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
shirouto
noun
  1. amateur; layman; ordinary person; novice
  2. respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha)
  3. unlicensed prostitute
niha
expression, particle
  1. to; for; on; in; at (emphasises word marked by に)
  2. in order to; for
  3. as for; regarding (indicates respect for subject of sentence)
  4. while it is (was) the case that ...; indeed ... (but); certainly ... (but) (as AにはAが...; emphasizes the repeated word, followed by a contrasting statement)
ni
particle
  1. at (place, time); in; on; during
  2. to (direction, state); toward; into
  3. for (purpose)
  4. because of (reason); for; with
  5. by; from
  6. as (i.e. in the role of)
  7. per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month")
  8. and; in addition to
  9. if; although
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
wakarinikui
i adjective
  1. hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
wakaru

masu stem

wakari
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to see; to get; to follow
  2. to become clear; to be known; to be discovered; to be realized; to be realised; to be found out
interjection
  1. I know!; I think so too!
Suffix after the masu stem of a verb
nikui
suffix, i adjective
  1. difficult to ...; hard to ... (after -masu stem of verb)

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