outside broadcasting van; OB van; mobile unit; outdoor broadcasting van
bridge building; bridge; cross-linking
expiration of a term; becoming overdue
to jar; to grate; to make others uncomfortable
anthropophobia; taijin kyofusho
evacuation order; evacuation notice
assembly hall; parliament house; diet building; capitol; houses of parliament; congress hall
in company; among people; philtrum; vertical groove between the nose and the upper lip
to proceed with things; to carry out; to do
things to do; must-do items; one's duty; what is required
Japanese Self-Defense Force official; Self-Defense Force official
to bring up under one's personal care
to become desperate; to give in to despair
effectiveness; efficacy; efficaciousness
to exhaust one's vocabulary (in trying to persuade somebody or explain something, etc.); to run out of words; to be verbose; to cajole; to talk someone's head off
hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste; (arch.) sudden
every month; trite; commonplace; conventional
opposition party; political opposition; opposition
domestic and foreign; inside and outside the country
pause; suspension; rest; stoppage
to approach (one's) death; to face (one's) death
head; leader; top; (arch.) important part
simultaneously striking one another (in kendo, etc.); draw; tie
to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ)
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
just one person; only one
prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier; leading; overseeing; leader
National Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1947-); Imperial Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1889-1947); legislative assembly; parliament
shooting star; falling star; meteor; blaze (wide white stripe down the face of a horse)