establishing; founding; setting up; organizing; establishment
approval; license; licence; permission
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology; MEXT
to apply pressure (on); to bring pressure upon; to lean on
to install; to fit; to (manage to) obtain (someone's agreement, permission, etc.); to get; to patronize (a shop); to buy usually (from the same store)
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
company; corporation; firm; one's workplace
to contract (to do); to undertake; to take on (work); (arch.) to take responsibility for; (arch.) to be liable for
deceased; late; dead; departed
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
running (for election); coming forward as a candidate; going on horseback (to a battle); going in person; (arch.) letting out a horse; (arch.) taking out a horse
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
ugly; unattractive; bad-looking; unsightly; unseemly; disgraceful
National Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1947-); Imperial Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1889-1947); legislative assembly; parliament
to board (a train, plane, etc.); to get into (a car); to get on (a bus); to march into; to enter; to arrive (at, in)
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another; successively
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
to be mistaken; to be incorrect; to make a mistake (in); to do incorrectly; to mistake (one thing with another); to confuse
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
to rub (on); to wipe; to daub; to lay (the blame on someone); to pin; to shift
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
leak (of information); leakage (of electricity)
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
to hear a rumor; to get wind of
forfeiting a pawned item; unredeemed pledge; foreclosure
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
carapace; shell; 1st in rank; grade A; instep; back of hand
(the) second (party, rank, etc.); B (grade); stylish; chic; strange; quaint
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
hot spring; onsen; hot spring resort; hot spring spa
this occasion; at this time; now