(world of) politics;  political world;  political circles
 naming;  nominating;  designating;  calling on;  asking for;  requesting
 in regard to;  concerning (usu. of disputes)
 clique;  group;  (political) faction;  wing;  school;  sect
 state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.);  province (e.g. Canada);  continent; (arch.)  dear
 to break;  to be smashed;  to split;  to crack;  to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.);  to split (e.g. of a party);  to come to light
 Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture);  sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
 Metropolis (of Tokyo);  (Tokyo) Metropolitan District;  counter for cities and towns;  capital
 to enter;  to go into;  to break into;  to join;  to enroll;  to contain;  to hold
 public matter;  governmental matter;  prince;  duke;  lord;  sir
 to recommend;  to endorse (e.g. a candidate);  to infer (from);  to deduce;  to think (something) through;  to ponder deeply
 court noble;  nobility;  Imperial Court
 pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
 entering;  setting (of the Sun);  containing;  content;  income;  beginning
 theory;  doctrine;  opinion;  view;  rumour;  rumor
 to do;  to carry out;  to cause to become;  to make (into);  to serve as;  to act as;  to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
 to be (animate);  to be;  to be ..ing;  to (have the audacity to) do
 trouble;  burden;  nuisance;  care;  dependence;  support
 hindrance;  obstacle;  to visit (someone's home);  demon who hinders Buddhist training;  demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
 no matter what it takes;  by any means necessary;  at all costs;  by hook or by crook
 Mr.;  Mrs.;  makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions);  state;  situation
 cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus);  shamisen;  geisha;  wheelbarrow;  clay bed-warmer;  bottom;  submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
 cry (esp. animal);  roar;  chirp;  tweet;  bark;  whine
 wood;  woods;  forest;  bunch (of something);  cluster;  line
 what;  how many;  many;  a lot of;  several;  a few
 talk;  speech;  topic;  subject;  discussions;  negotiation;  rumor
 good;  excellent;  sufficient;  enough;  profitable (deal, business offer, etc.);  beneficial
 indicates a question;  or;  whether or not;  some- (e.g. something, someone);  hmm;  huh;  very
 one's wife;  one's wife and daughter or daughters
 here;  this place;  this point;  here;  these past ... (e.g. three years);  these last ...
 at;  in;  at;  when;  by;  with;  and then