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political group

1

Kokkaigijidoumae Station

1

spaghetti squash

5

service tunnel (cables, gas, etc.)

5

deposit and withdrawal (of money); receiving and making payments

1

audit

5

the whole sheet; the whole newspaper

1

garbage truck; dustcart; waste collection vehicle

2

investigation department

2

marginal profits

5

Prime Minister's official residence

1

election campaign fund; electoral funds

1

world; society

1

Official Development Assistance; ODA

3

talk about various topics

1

breeding; raising; rearing

2

expressway; motorway

2

penal labour; work assigned to prisoners

1

Immigration Bureau

1

trainspotter; railway enthusiast; railfan

4

donation money (esp. disaster relief or charity); contribution

1

political funds

1

number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.

1

Kasumigaseki; district of Tokyo where most of Japan's government ministry offices are located; government ministries (of Japan); Japanese government bureaucracy

1

Cabinet Secretariat

1

servant (of the people); minister (of religion)

1

wicked ones; bad guys; rascals

1

economic superpower; economic powerhouse

1

summoning of a sworn witness (court, Diet); subpoena

1

in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh

1

ouch!; hot, hot, hot!; something hot; fire

1

to make laugh; to set to laughing

1

cover (e.g. for illegal activity); front; Dendropanax trifidus (species of flowering plant); straw raincoat that makes one invisible

2

nation building

1

Japan Defense Agency (became Ministry of Defense in January 2007)

1

modular bath; prefabricated bath

2

appreciation of the yen; strong yen; strengthening of the yen; high-valued yen; exchange in favor of the yen (favour)

5

releasing on parole; conditional release

1

fearless; daring; knowing no fear

1

feigned ignorance

1

boiled tofu

2

financial support; funding; support fund; subvention

1

inspector; examiner; auditor

6

Marilyn; Marilynne

1

lower floor

1

lacking substance and existing in name only; something without substance

2

government official

2

quarantine; medical inspection

1

(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity

2

to serve out one's apprenticeship; to serve out one's time

1