suggestion; hint; implication
close examination; careful investigation; investigation of a crime; inquiry into someone's guilt; winner (of the most rounds, i.e. a full game); (arch.) reciting and appreciating traditional poetry
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely
to abuse; to exploit to the full; to give free rein to
for the present; for the time being; for a while (from now); for some time (to come)
the present regime; the existing regime
duration; continuance; survival; persistence; retention
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
trustee; councillor (councilor)
cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time
clerk; secretary; writing down; putting on record
traffic; transportation; communication; exchange (of ideas, etc.); intercourse
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
to gather; to collect; to assemble
conference room; council room
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
hard-to-overcome obstacle; high hurdle; (lit.) thick wall
manufacturing; processing; treatment; machining
waiting room; anteroom; antechamber; green room
to surround; to encircle; to enclose
(metropolitan) prefecture (of Osaka and Kyoto); the centre or seat (of) (center); (government) office; fu; historical administrative unit in China, Korea and Vietnam
being filled with; being full of; permeation
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
topic of discussion; agenda
dispatch of troops; despatch of troops; expedition
propriety; right and wrong; advisability; pro and con; ayes and noes
to take a firm stand; to argue about
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
survivor's pension or annuity
every year; yearly; annually
expenditure; disbursement; expenses
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
national finance; central government finance