fifteenth day of the month; fifteen days
twenty-second day of the month; twenty-two days
in the morning; during the morning
twenty-third day of the month; twenty-three days
twenty-seventh day of the month; twenty-seven days
bulletin board; notice board; billboard; roadside sign; sign on a post, usu. wooden, esp. containing information about a sight, warning, congratulations, etc.
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
home area; home town; local
member of the Lower House
internal or domestic affairs
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
dealing appropriately (with a situation); taking proper measures; handling (an issue) carefully; making the best of (a bad bargain)
parliamentarian; member of a congress
to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy
building (esp. a house); house fixture; fitting; facial features
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
again (and again); once again; yet again; (there you go) again
twelfth day of the month; twelve days
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
adjustment; tweaking; improvement; modification; tinkering; minor alteration
substitute; deputy; proxy; representative; agent
suspension; interruption; stoppage; tie-up; cessation
bounds; limits; boundary fence (esp. of horse-riding ground)
sly; cunning; sneaky; miserly; mean; stingy
this way and that; (by) various means; (by) every means
to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)
to devise a plan; to work out a plot
withdrawal; revocation; repeal; demolition; removal
high rice field; very fertile rice field
approval; license; licence; permission
document; official papers