to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
government; administration
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
successively; one after another
National Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1947-); Imperial Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1889-1947); legislative assembly; parliament
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
to rise; to swell; to be promoted
resignation (from a position)
telephone call; telephone (device)
tediously; repetitively; insistently; ad nauseam; at great length
transactions; dealings; business
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
regrettable; unsatisfactory; deplorable; lamentable
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
to concentrate; to devote; to apply; to strain; to rack
to fall into someone's hands; to pass into another's possession
arrest; apprehension; capture
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies
meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
to go (come) inside; to step into; to enter
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")
lump (of flour, etc.); clump (of ground meat, etc.)
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
gate (for entry, boarding, etc.); gate; logic element