pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier; leading; overseeing; leader
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
running a government administration; managing a cabinet
ruling party; government party; party in power; government
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
matchmaker; go-between; intermediary; middleman
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
future; (future) prospects; bringing (from abroad, another region, etc.); bringing about; giving rise to
rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
which; where; all; both; anyway; anyhow
national politics; political situation; statecraft; body politic
Nagata-chō (Japan's political center; equiv. of Downing Street)
smelling of fish; fishy; degenerate (of a monk); depraved; worldly; mundane
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
to gather; to collect; to assemble
place; location; room; space; sumo tournament
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
(another's) son; boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
speaking voice; talking voice
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
young person; young people; youth; young employee; young manservant; young follower
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
soon; shortly; before long
to introduce; to compare; to check; to adjust; to pull into place
already; previously; before; undeniably; unmistakably
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
seesaw game; back-and-forth match; match in which the lead changes hands several times
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
will; volition; intention; intent; determination
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up