consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement
hooting; jeering; heckling
(necessary) personnel; required person
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries; MAFF
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
close (relationship, connection, etc.); intimate; near; close (together)
interest; rights; concession
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
ministry; department; province (of China); saving; conserving
to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll
pork-barrel politician; special-interest politician; politician lobbying for the benefit of the private industries to which they are connected
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
National Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1947-); Imperial Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1889-1947); legislative assembly; parliament
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
free and unbiased; fair and just; ruling or judging what's right is right and what's wrong is wrong; calling spade a spade
to take a position (e.g. on an issue); to adopt a stance
resolution; vote; decision
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
presence (impressive quality)
incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
to plan; to form a plan; to scheme; to envision; to intend to do
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
malicious; deliberately mean
proceedings (e.g. parliament, congress); business (of the day)
moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc.); advancement; progress (of a disease); disease progression
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
secret; private; surreptitious
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
camp (supporters of a doctrine, party, etc.); faction (of a party); military camp; encampment; cantonment
ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
guarantee of safety; ensuring safety
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
(making something a) political issue
it is certain true that ... (but); you can't argue that it's not ... (but)
door; gate; opening; title page
whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)