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きゅう
旧
じゆうとう
自由党
に
ちか
近
い
せいりょく
勢力
は
げんじょういじ
現状維持
を
もと
求
め
、
かいけん
改憲
には
はんたい
反対
であった。
The influential group close to the former Liberal Party requested that they maintain the status quo and objected to the constitutional change.
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
き ゅ う 1
noun, prefix
ex-; former; old
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じ ゆ う と う 0
noun
Liberal Party
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ち か い 2
near; close; short (distance)
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せ い り ょ く 1
noun
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force; energy
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げ ん じ ょ う い じ 5
noun
maintenance of the status quo  (yojijukugo)
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も と め る 3
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to want; to wish for
2. to request; to demand
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か い け ん 0
constitutional change
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particle
for (in regard to); in order to  (see also: に, は)
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は ん た い 0
Most common form: はんたい
1. opposition; resistance; antagonism; hostility; objection; dissension
2. reverse; opposite; vice versa; contrast
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で る 1
Most common form: 出る
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to leave; to exit; to go out; to come out; to get out  (opposite: 入る)
2. to leave (on a journey); to depart; to start out; to set out
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Kanji
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旧
キュウ    former, old   
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自
ジ   シ   みずから self   
由
ユ   ユウ   ユイ   よし reason   
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党
トウ    party   
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近
キン   ちかい close   
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勢
セイ   vigorous   いきおい vigour, energy   
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力
リョク   リキ   ちから effort; power   
現
ゲン    present   あらわれる to appear   あらわす to show   
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状
ジョウ    condition, circumstances   
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維
イ    fiber, rope   
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持
ジ   もつ to hold, to have   
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求
キュウ   もとめる to request, want, demand   
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改
カイ   あらためる to reform   あらたまる to be renewed; to be formal   
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憲
ケン    constitution   
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反
ハン   ホン   タン    anti-   そらす to bend, to warp   そる to be warped, curved   
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対
タイ   ツイ    vis-a-vis   
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