constitutionalism; Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
honor; honour; glory; (arch.) prosperity
superiority; superior power; predominance; preponderance
Arahata Kanson (1887-1981)
Takatsu Masamichi (1893.4.20-1974.1.9)
Sakai Toshihiko (1871.1.15-1933.1.23)
big gamble; big plunge; big mountain
labor-farmer party; labour-farmer party
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
to draw (water); to ladle; to pour (into a cup); to drink (together); to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with
to make characteristic; to characterize
devastating; catastrophic; crushing
capitulation; surrender; submission; yield
pre-war days; before the war
patriarch; patriarchal; patriarchic
boss; leader; kingpin; chief; head (e.g. of a crime syndicate)
to spread one's roots (of a tree, etc.); to take root (of an ideology, etc.)
empiricism; judging things from personal experience
rapid economic growth (esp. that of Japan in the post-WWII period)