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The Upper House seems bent on defeating any reform bills.
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sangiin
noun
  1. House of Councillors (upper house of the National Diet of Japan)
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ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
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donna
pre-noun adjectival
  1. what kind of; what sort of; what
  2. no matter what (kind of); whatever; any; all (as どんな...でも, どんな...も, etc.)
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kaiseian
noun
  1. reform bill; reform proposal; amendment
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kaisei
noun, suru verb, no adjective
  1. revision; amendment; alteration
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an
noun, noun, used as a suffix
  1. idea; plan; proposal; suggestion; (government) bill
noun
  1. draft; rough copy
  2. expectation
  3. desk; stand
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mo
particle
  1. too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence)
  2. both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence) (as ＡもＢも)
  3. even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than (used for emphasis or to express absence of doubt regarding a quantity, etc.)
  4. even if; even though; although; in spite of (often as 〜ても, 〜でも, 〜とも, etc.)
adverb
  1. further; more; again; another; the other
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toosu

Plain Present Indicative Negative Form

toosanai
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to stick through; to force through
  2. to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse
  3. to make a path between two points
  4. to proceed in a logical manner
  5. to let pass; to allow through
  6. to lead (someone) into (a house, room, etc.); to show in
  7. to go through (a middleman)
  8. to (look, listen) through (a window, wall, etc.)
  9. to pass (a law, applicant, etc.)
  10. to force to accept; to force agreement
  11. to continue (in a state); to persist in
  12. to do to the entirety of; to cover all of; to span the whole ...
  13. to do from beginning to end without a break (in the form とおして…する)
  14. to convey (one's ideas, etc.) to the other party
  15. to do to the end; to carry through; to complete (after the -te form of a verb)
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kamae
noun
  1. structure; construction; appearance
  2. posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; stance
  3. readiness; determination; preparedness
  4. kanji enclosure type radical (must enclose at least two sides of the kanji) (e.g. 門)
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nai
i adjective (negative)
  1. nonexistent; not being (there)
  2. unowned; not had; unpossessed
  3. unique
  4. not; impossible; won't happen (as ...ことがない, etc.; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility)
auxiliary adjective
  1. not (after the ren'youkei form of an adjective)
  2. to not be; to have not (after the -te form of a verb)
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youdesu
auxiliary
  1. seeming to be; appearing to be
  2. like; similar to
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you
noun, used as a suffix, noun
  1. appearing ...; looking ... (usu. after the -masu stem of a verb)
  2. way to ...; method of ...ing (usu. after the -masu stem of a verb)
  3. form; style; design (usu. after a noun)
  4. like; similar to (usu. after a noun)
noun
  1. thing (thought or spoken)
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da

Polite Present Indicative Form

desu
copula
  1. be; is (plain copula)
auxiliary verb
  1. did; (have) done (た after certain verb forms; indicates past or completed action)
  2. please; do (indicates light imperative)
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