House of Councillors (upper house of the National Diet of Japan)
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
upper house; upper legislative chamber; senate
the ninth; Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
lower house; lower legislative chamber
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
grand ceremony; state ceremony; important law; legal canon
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
people; citizens; subjects; folk
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; something full of holes; zaru soba; strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish
a little over; a little more than; powerhouse; one of the biggest; upper (seismic intensity)
exemplar; model; example; pattern
point by point; article by article
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
disused; unused; useless; wasteful; of no use
pointing out; identification
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
details; particulars; detailed; specific; close-up view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-in view
my book; my (humble) work; a little thing of mine
talk; conversation; dialogue
parliamentarism; parliamentary government
publication; issue (of journal, newspaper, etc.); issue (of banknotes, bonds, passport, etc.); raising an event (software)
Shōwa period (1926-1989); Showa period
unwritten; illiterate; uneducated; poor writing
written expression; writing
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
written report to the gods; imperial edict; written appeal to a superior