member of the Diet; Diet member; member of parliament; MP
bribe; secret fund; slush fund; money for bribery
donation; contribution; offering
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
mission; errand; task; duty; obligation
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
home area; home town; local
major company; big company; front castle gate; force attacking the front of a castle
construction; establishment
company president; manager; director
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
to seize; to capture; to arrest; to hold down; to subdue
cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
courier; smuggler; carrier (e.g. of illegal drugs); trafficker
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
testimony; (verbal) evidence
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind
kind offices; services; through the good offices of; intercession; mediation
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
(while) holding a post or being in office
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
wicket gate; wooden door; entrance to an entertainment venue (i.e. sumo arena, etc.)
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
to explain away; to talk one's way out of; to excuse oneself; to evade
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
to invade; to attack; to breach; to penetrate
optional; voluntary; arbitrary; arbitrary
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul