appearing one after another; cropping up one after another; occurring in succession
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
to do nothing but; to spend all one's time doing
zaibatsu; financial conglomerate; industrial group
donation; contribution; offering
8000; eight thousand; many
war funds; war chest; funds (for activities); campaign funds
division; splitting; sharing; distribution; dissemination; allocation
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
parliamentarian; member of a congress
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
spokesperson; speaker (for someone); mouthpiece; voice (e.g. for the ordinary citizen)
being elected; being selected (to win a prize, etc.); winning (in a lottery, raffle, etc.)
interest; rights; concession
parliamentarism; parliamentary government
to be disgusted with; to run out of patience; to fall out of love
the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street"); street; district; location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
first time; first; initial
meeting; assembly; association; conjunction
riches; wealth; resources; lottery
man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai; person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed); member
looking; viewing; (please) try (to)
counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
view without saying a word; tacit permission
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
conservatism and progressivism; conservatives and reformists
in general; generally; as a whole; all in all; altogether
to work as the backbone (of); to bear responsibility (for); to be the mainstay (of); to be the central part (of)
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile