member of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament; member of Congress
congress; parliament; diet; legislative assembly
legislative bill; measure; agenda item
approval; adoption (of a motion, bill, etc.); passage
clergyman; churchman; clergy
three parts; three copies
rejection; negation; voting down
assize; court; legislature
meeting place; assembly hall
virile; tough; masculine; intense
to dispel; to clear away; to accomplish a goal; (arch.) to make it sunny; (arch.) to make clouds disappear
to beg; to ask; to request; to invite
show; display; pretensions; pose (in kabuki); posture
slightest notice; slightest consideration; slightest attention; a little thought; glance
selling oneself (into bondage) (esp. for prostitutes)
to resort to violence; to perform a drastic act
God's will; heaven's decree; mandate of Heaven; one's life; one's lifespan
smoky; awkward; ill at ease
groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find
wild; unruly; arrogant; endless (e.g. spending); uncontrolled; rampant (e.g. weeds)
to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other
twelfth day of the month; twelve days
sponsor; promoter; impresario; organizer; organiser
hiding place; hideout; refuge; retreat; hideaway
one's daily life; condition; well-being; standing and sitting; movements
discontented element; discontented (grumbling) member
inversion; opposition; conflicting; repulsion; contradiction
patent; special permission; licence (license); proprietary
diversion into illegal channels; putting on the black market; selling through illegal channels
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
absolutely; positively; decidedly
reverie; meditation; anxiety; thought; pensiveness