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Japan's ODA largely consists of concessionary yen credit repayable in 30 years, carrying an interest rate of 2% or so.
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Vocabulary list

nippon
noun
  1. 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
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
hensai
noun, suru verb
  1. repayment; reimbursement; refund; redemption
kikan
noun
  1. period; term; interval
sanjuunen
  1. thirty years; 30 years
sanjuu
numeric
  1. thirty; 30
nen
noun
  1. year
counter
  1. counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school)
noun
  1. period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
riritsu
noun
  1. interest rate
ni
numeric
  1. two (ふ and ふう used mainly when counting aloud; 弐, 貳 and 貮 are used in legal documents.)
zengo
noun
  1. front and rear; front and back; before and behind; back and forth
  2. before and after
noun, used as a suffix, noun, adverb
  1. around; about; approximately (after a quantity, age, time, etc.)
noun
  1. order; context
  2. consequences
  3. just when; around the time of
noun, suru verb
  1. inversion; reversion; getting out of order
  2. co-occurring; happening at the same time (as 前後して)
toiu
expression
  1. called; named; that says; that
  2. as many as; as much as (after a quantity)
  3. all ...; every single ... (as ...という...)
jouken
noun
  1. condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
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
yurui
i adjective
  1. loose
  2. lenient; lax
  3. gentle (curve, slope, etc.)
  4. slow; weak
  5. soft; not firm
  6. difficult; hard (in the negative as ゆるくない)
enshakkan
noun
  1. international yen loan
en
noun, counter
  1. yen (Japanese monetary unit)
  2. circle
shakkan
noun
  1. (international) loan
ga
particle
  1. indicates sentence subject (occasionally object)
  2. indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions)
conjunction
  1. but; however; still; and
  2. regardless of; whether (or not) (after the volitional form of a verb)
daibubun
noun
  1. most part; greater part; majority
dai
prefix, na adjective, noun
  1. large; big; great; huge; vast; major; important; serious; severe
prefix
  1. great; prominent; eminent; distinguished
suffix
  1. -sized; as big as; the size of
suffix, prefix
  1. university
noun
  1. large (e.g. serving size); large option
  2. long month (i.e. having 31 days)
bubun
noun
  1. portion; section; part
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.
shimu

Potential Plain Present Indicative Form

shimeru
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to occupy; to hold; to command; to account for
shimeru
ichidan verb, transitive verb
  1. to occupy; to hold
  2. to account for; to make up; to take up

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