starting (machine, engine, car, etc.); activation
powerful person; influential person
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
current administration; present government
to benefit; to profit; to gain; to reap rewards
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
honesty; integrity; purity and unselfishness
grace; favor; favour; blessing; benefit
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
materials; data; document
killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden
whereabouts; place where one is; position; location
unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable
bribe; secret fund; slush fund; money for bribery
mean; malicious; scheming; wicked; black-hearted
mode of life; ecology; (animal) territory
national parliament or congress building (e.g. National Diet Building (Japan), United States Capitol (USA), Houses of Parliament (UK), etc.)
ryotei; traditional Japanese restaurant (esp. a luxurious one)
wiles; sinister design; trick; conspiracy; intrigue
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
good match for an opponent; worthy (e.g. rival)
light; lamp; counter for electric lights
assembly hall; parliament house; diet building; capitol; houses of parliament; congress hall
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
seventeenth day of the month; seventeen days
homecoming; returning home
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
to introduce oneself; to announce oneself (e.g. as the person sought); to come forward (e.g. as a witness, with a claim, etc.)
escaping from prison; jailbreak
performance; take; game; season; penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie)
round (esp. in sports, negotiations, etc.); rounds (e.g. nurse, security guard, etc.)