House of Representatives (lower house of the National Diet of Japan)
passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing
House of Councillors (upper house of the National Diet of Japan)
approval; adoption (of a motion, bill, etc.); passage
unobstructed view; perspective; forecast; outlook; insight; foresight
to be surprised; to be astonished
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
special duty; being in sole charge of a duty; senior managing director; executive director
the matter you have been talking about
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
to look forward to something
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
proposal; proposition; suggestion
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
green light; (giving) permission; OK
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
once in a lifetime; the first and last occurrence (event, experience) of one's lifetime
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
no!; no no!; no, not at all