homosexuality; homosexual love
what kind of; what sort of; what; how; in what way
companion; partner; spouse
person living alone; single person; bachelor; spinster; unmarried person
life; living; livelihood; (one's) living
living together; communal life; cohabitation
the opposite sex; isomerism
plural; multiple; plural (number)
what is called; what you call; what they call; so-called
shelter; refuge; protected place
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring
real estate agent; realtor
article; thing; object; property; real estate
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
information transmission; information dissemination; conveying information
spreading; disseminating; scattering; diffusion (of light, gas)
joint ownership; co-ownership; sharing (e.g. a viewpoint); sharing (files, devices on a network, posts on social media, etc.)
distant look; faraway look
permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon
society; public; community; social studies
isolation; being alone; being friendless
to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)
rare; uncommon; unusual; rare; lightly cooked
repeatedly; over and over again; several layers deep; layer upon layer; row upon row
even more; still more; further
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
disadvantage; handicap; drawback; inadvisability; inexpediency; loss
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
contract; compact; agreement
(enactment of) legislation; lawmaking; legislative
change to ...; becoming ...; making into ...; -ization; -ification
came here; coming here; recently
National Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1947-); Imperial Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1889-1947); legislative assembly; parliament
almost; nearly; hardly; barely; large majority; large proportion
cabinet (of a government); ministry
presentation of a draft bill (to parliament, diet, etc.)
hurdle; hurdle race; hurdles; hurdle; obstacle
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
burn; scald; (fig.) getting one's fingers burned (e.g. poor investment, mixing with the wrong people)