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The GOP accused the Democrats of pork barrel politics.
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Vocabulary list

kyouwatou
noun
  1. Republican Party
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
minshutou
noun
  1. Democratic Party (esp. DPJ or US Democratic Party)
  2. Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan
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
chihou
noun
  1. district; region; area; locality
  2. the country; countryside; the provinces; rural area
  3. civilian society (Imperial Army jargon)
ninkitori
noun
  1. bid for popularity; publicity stunt
ninki
noun, no adjective
  1. popularity; public favor
noun
  1. condition (e.g. market); tone; character; nature
tori
noun, noun, used as a suffix
  1. taking; taker; collecting; collector; remover; removal
noun
  1. last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day
  2. active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration)
prefix
  1. emphatic or formal prefix (before a verb)
hojokin
noun
  1. assistance payment; subsidiary aid
hojo
noun, suru verb, no adjective
  1. assistance; support; aid; help
  2. subsidy; supplement; subvention; grant-in-aid
  3. auxiliary; subsidiary
  4. spot (in bodybuilding)
kin
noun
  1. gold (Au); golden (color); gold (medal, cup)
no adjective, noun
  1. valuable; of highest value
noun
  1. money; gold coin
  2. Friday
  3. metal (fourth of the five elements)
  4. Jin dynasty (China, 1115-1234); Chin dynasty; Jurchen dynasty
noun, noun, used as a suffix
  1. gold general
noun
  1. testicles
suffix, counter
  1. karat; carat
seisaku
noun
  1. political measures; policy
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.
hinan
noun, suru verb, na adjective
  1. criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
suru

Polite Past Indicative Form

shimashita
suru verb (irregular)
  1. to do; to carry out; to perform
  2. to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)
  3. to serve as; to act as; to work as
  4. to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
  5. to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as (as 〜にする,〜とする)
  6. to decide on; to choose (as 〜にする)
suru verb (irregular), intransitive verb
  1. to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.) (as 〜がする)
  2. to be (in a state, condition, etc.)
  3. to be worth; to cost
  4. to pass (of time); to elapse
suru verb (irregular), transitive verb
  1. to place, or raise, person A to a post or status B (as AをBにする)
  2. to transform A to B; to make A into B; to exchange A for B (as AをBにする)
  3. to make use of A for B; to view A as B; to handle A as if it were B (as AをBにする)
  4. to feel A about B (as AをBにする)
suffix, suru verb (irregular)
  1. verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs")
auxiliary verb, suru verb (irregular)
  1. creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go")
  2. to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to (as 〜うとする,〜ようとする)

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