House of Councillors election; upper house election
bottom-up approach to management; on-the-spot decision-making; hands-on approach (policy, etc.)
(string of) many (traditionally 1000) paper cranes
arrestee; person arrested
marsh; swamp; wetland; being hooked (on a video game, TV show, etc.)
increase (in an amount of money)
to be possessed by a god; to not act like oneself; to behave oddly; to be awesome; to be extreme
classbook; yearbook; graduation album
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
gathering; mixer; meetup; assembly; social; exchange meeting
to crunch; to masticate; to simplify; to explain plainly
wood chip; splinter; thin shingles
campground; campsite; camping-ground
running (for election); coming forward as a candidate; going on horseback; going in person; (arch.) letting out a horse; (arch.) taking out a horse
statute of limitations; lapse of rights after a period of time; becoming invalid or void after a set time; ageing; aging
blowing (e.g. of the wind); playing (a wind instrument); player (e.g. clarinet); (pair of) bellows; casting; founding
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
to get flustered; to get flurried; to get agitated; to become impatient; to hurry
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
Chiba prefecture (Kanto area)
secrecy; confidentiality; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal); kitchen
kudzu (Pueraria montana); Japanese arrowroot; Chinese moonseed (Sinomenium acutum)
Mara; demon king who attempted to hinder Gautama Buddha from attaining enlightenment; obstacle to enlightenment; penis
mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh
wonder; miracle; amazement; prodigy
display of fireworks; firework(s) display
Mount Fuji; Mt. Fuji; Fujiyama; Fuji-san
two times; twice; two degrees
to begin to overflow; to start overflowing; to pour out
figure; design; twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes; style (of writing); figure (of speech); design
whistle (sound made with the lips)
ordinary citizen; the general public
unevenness (of colour, paint, etc.); irregularity; unevenness (of quality, results, behaviour, etc.); inconsistency; fickleness; capriciousness
night view; night skyline; nightscape