to precede; to forestall; to anticipate
putting the officials and bureaucrats above the people; treating the governors as more important than the governed; statism
to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
twenty-first day of the month; twenty-one days
solely; entirely; only; or
-less; lacking; non-existing
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
however; nevertheless; but; and yet; whereas; while
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
to collect; to solicit; to seek; to look for evidence; to check; to summon
political situation; political affairs
presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...
real condition; actual circumstances; actual state of affairs
national politics; political situation; statecraft; body politic
grave; solemn; serious; harsh (e.g. truth); hard; strict
belief; conviction; opinion
worldly affairs; public affairs
preliminary test or trial; tryout
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
parliamentary motion of non-confidence against the cabinet
industry; (arch.) livelihood; (arch.) occupation
harmony; accord; reconciliation; agreement
non-confidence; lack of confidence
standing for; advocating; championing; professing (to be)
interior; inside; internal
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
invisibly; secretly; privately
wretched life; life of misery
to be absorbed in; to lose oneself to; to disguise oneself as; to adorn oneself
constitutionalism; Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan