hospitalization; hospitalisation
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
Niigata (city, prefecture)
hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
heart attack; to have a heart attack
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
member of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament; member of Congress
general election (of the lower house)
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
support group; fan club; (election) committee
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
quickness; agility; activity
since some time ago; for quite a while; already
advance arrangements; preparatory meeting; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
ground; crust (earth); foundation (building, etc.); base; constituency; power base
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
firm; strong; solid; stable
Conservative Party (UK, Canada, Japan)
(favorable voting) constituency (favourable)
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
being elected; being selected (to win a prize, etc.); winning (in a lottery, raffle, etc.)
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
this and that; one thing or another; something or other; and whatnot; and the rest
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
to pause; to have a short intermission
snap election; snap general election
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
opposition party; political opposition; opposition
rival candidate; opposing candidate