red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
House of Councillors election
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
true; real; blood-related; biological (father, etc.)
campaign (vote-getting) speech (for a candidate)
Minister of Health and Welfare
member of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament; member of Congress
attention; kind attention; courteous attention
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
gray or silver haired (grey)
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible
Ministry of Health and Welfare (now Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare)
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
pipe; tube; channels, official or otherwise; (business) connections; tobacco pipe
system; institution; organization; organisation
reform; reformation; reorganization
passion; enthusiasm; zeal
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
House of Representatives (lower house of the National Diet of Japan)
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
to exert oneself and win; to gain (victory)
degree of familiarity; popularity
to say; to tell; to state; to do
subject; theme; homework; assignment; task; challenge
piling up; accumulating; forming a (huge) pile; lying in piles
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
that is to say; so that means
to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain
cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
study; research; investigation
equipment; facilities; installation; accommodations; conveniences; arrangements
to be lacking in options; to be too few
ranking equal with; comparing favourably with; comparing favorably with
modern state; modern nation