政府は私たちの国を清潔で緑の多い国にするために努力をしてきました。

government; administration

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

we; us

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan); land; earth

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

clean; hygienic; sanitary; pure; virtuous; immaculate

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)

many; numerous

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; in favor of; in favour of; on behalf of; because of; as a result of

great effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; effort