suggestion box; complaints box
obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
national mood; national sentiment; national feeling
winning ticket; lucky number
to attract public attention; to create a stir; to arouse interest
Nagata-chō (Japan's political center; equiv. of Downing Street)
flier; flyer; fryer; frier
taxpayers' (precious) money; hard-earned tax money; heavy tax; conscription; compulsory military service
situation report; status report; progress report
points of improvement; improved areas; points needing improvement; problem areas
closely-guarded secret; top secret
short end of the stick; short straw; unlucky number; blank; bad bargain
examination; consideration; test; quiz
discrepancy; discord; disagreement; mismatch; dissonance
leopard (Panthera pardus)
to find fault with everybody; to make oneself disagreeable
being once divorced; one-time divorcee; (lit.) one x mark (i.e. one name struck from the family register)
obstinate; inflexible; thickheaded
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
to obligate; to make compulsory; to require; to mandate
addition and deletion; taking out and putting in; plugging and unplugging; making do; getting by; managing
final stage; final stretch; live printing area (in publishing); gallery (in a theatre); driving (animals, fish, etc.); herding
to miss one's chance to say; to fail to mention
renovation (e.g. a house); redecoration; makeover; updating
difficult to be (in a place); not feeling like staying
resistance (movement); popular resistance against a military invasion (esp. of that by the French against the Nazis in World War II)
eradication; extermination; destruction; suppression