distribution (e.g. films, rice); rationing (e.g. food, gasoline); food ration
injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity
receiving payments (pension, ration)
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
Metropolitan Police Department (Tokyo)
exposing; unmasking; laying bare
attachment; adhesion; insistence; tenacity; fixation; obsession
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
general election (of the lower house); fan popularity voting (esp. for idols); popularity contest
leading party (e.g. in parliament); dominant party
prime minister; chancellor (Germany, Austria, etc.); premier
Shidehara Kijūrō (Japanese prime minister 1945-1946)
constitutional reform; constitutional amendment
cabinet (of a government); ministry
coalition; alliance; union; standing side-by-side
to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
mass resignation (of officeholders); collective resignation
panel; wainscoting; wainscotting; plight; fix; bind
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
preference; priority; precedence; right of way
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity; (online) comment
exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement
demonstration; protest; (giving a) demo; demonstration; presentation
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
Mayday (radio distress signal)
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
to ration out and survive on (some food); to eke out a living
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
prime minister's official residence
noisy; confused; uproarious
new constitution (esp. Japan's postwar constitution)
enactment; establishment; creation
(living) from hand to mouth; living on the fringe of subsistence
to arrive (by car, bike, etc.); to drive up to; to draw up at; to get used to riding; to get used to driving