proposal; offer; report; proposition; notice; request
in order; sequential; seriatim
National Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1947-); Imperial Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1889-1947); legislative assembly; parliament
chair; chairman; chairperson; speaker (of an assembly); president (of a council, senate, etc.)
skilled person; capable person; doer; performer; giver; bestower
(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book
appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation
form; method; system; formula
cabinet (of a government); ministry
chief; main; principal; important
(preliminary) skirmish; prelude; preliminary encounter; warm-up match (e.g. before a final)
resolute; firm; dauntless; undaunted
out of the question; outrageous; impossible; irrelevant; not pertinent
diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
thickheaded; obstinate; inflexible; stubborn
to walk about; to walk around; to conduct oneself; to act; to stop by (somewhere; esp. of a criminal on the run); to drop by
to live; to make a living; to get on with
what kind of; whatever sort of; no matter what; however much
to make clear; to clarify; to disclose; to make public
behaviour; behavior; conduct
postponement; deferment; adjournment
stormy and full of drama; full of ups and downs; with many vicissitudes
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
to have (someone) by the short hairs; to have something on (someone)
stronghold (esp. of an enemy or opponent); inner citadel; bastion
deep psyche; unconscious mind; depth psychology
"it was all a dream"-ending
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding; approval; consent
mabo nasu; fried eggplant with minced meat and chili sauce
porcelain bowl; donburi; bowl of meat, fish, etc. served over rice; front pocket in a haragake
sleeping in late; oversleeping; late riser; sleepyhead
bumping into (each other)
bust (measurement); breasts; bosom; bust (sculpture); half-length portrait