bribery case; bribery scandal; graft case
arteriovenous; arteriolovenous; arteriolovenular
leading members of a party; party executive; party leadership; senior party members
Hodo Station (news program on Asahi television)
secession from a political party
rental house; rental housing; house to let
(one's) ex-wife; (one's) former wife
arrival on location (esp. used in transport industries, police, etc.)
study tour; guided visit; field trip
usual; normal; stereotyped
silent phone call (form of harassment)
ikebana; Japanese art of flower arrangement
on the roof; court nobles
male domination of women; male chauvinism; subjection of women
bio-; biotechnology; VAIO (Sony brand-name)
civil affairs; civil case
to develop into a serious incident
a rival horse or candidate
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
Ebisu; god of fishing and commerce
omitted character; omitted letter
running out of battery; battery depletion; going flat; loss of energy; depletion of stamina
personal security; personal protection; provision of a bodyguard
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
chatter mark (machine tools)
stock-in-trade; tools of one's trade
to be nervous; to be sensitive; to worry; to be fussy; to be precise
being once divorced; one-time divorcee; (lit.) one x mark (i.e. one name struck from the family register)
every region of the country; all corners of the country; nationwide
filing a (criminal) complaint; reporting a crime
splitting the cost; Dutch treat
chief secretary (usu. of a party); secretary-general
touching; moving; painful
ta-dah!; ta-da!; tada!; voilà