campaign speech (endorsing a candidate); speech in support of a candidate
voting; ballot; poll; vote
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
to suck up; to pump up; to siphon off (profits, etc.); to exploit; to take up others' opinions, hopes, etc.
majority decision; majority vote; majority rule
blank ballot; white ballot
to rise (of smoke, steam, etc.); to go up
pottery; earthenware; yakimono; flame-broiled food (esp. fish); tempered blade
ambush; lying in wait for an ambush
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
dizzily; giddily; spinning; boiling up
aluminum foil; aluminium foil; tin foil
cold dish (e.g. at a restaurant)
skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis); oceanic bonito; victorfish
joint together; opposite; facing
candidate (for an election)
relation; relative; kind; cordial
to peel; to skin; to pare
to get help; to enlist aid
peeler (kitchen utensil); peeler (for peeling a label from its base in a barcode printer)
delicate; gentle; fleeting
shrill voice (esp. of women and children)
(young and) innocent; naive; pure; fresh; artless; unsophisticated
trio; gang of three; threesome
disparate society; stratified society
to make sure of; to ascertain; to see with one's own eyes; to watch to the end; to watch to make sure (that)
to throw (strongly, violently, etc.)
(suffering a) complete defeat; utter defeat; annihilation
hamachi; young Japanese amberjack; young yellowtail
chilly; unpleasantly cold
black lustre; black luster
katsuobushi; pieces of sliced dried bonito
be on your guard; negligence is the enemy