referendum; popular vote; plebiscite
vote; ballot; label; ticket; tag
number of votes polled; poll votes
Democratic Party (esp. DPJ or US Democratic Party); Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan
base support (e.g. for a party in an election); substrate; load bearing layer; supporting layer
bank; banking institution
approval; license; licence; permission
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
federal law; federal legislation
The Hermitage (Nashville, Tennessee)
national politics; political situation; statecraft; body politic
offstage; backstage; behind the scenes
square kilometer; square kilometre
retreat (e.g. from life); seclusion; retreat (religious, spiritual); withdrawal; retreat
to finish up; to complete; to finish off; to get through; to polish off
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
that night; that evening; over the course of the evening
isolation; being alone; being friendless
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
the teaching profession; education of laity
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
editor (in publishing, etc.)
poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress
permanent; perpetual; persistent; lasting
(one's) youth; one's younger days
latter period; second half; late stage; third trimester; second semester