number; number plate; license plate
Takamatsu (city in Kagawa)
merger (of companies, towns, etc.); combination; union; amalgamation; consolidation; coalition
Nagano (city, prefecture)
to exchange glances; to correspond; to counterbalance
finding employment; getting a job
practical; actual; de facto; in essence; in all but name
firmly rooted; deep-seated
taking over another's debt; shouldering someone else's burden; subrogation
total abolition; full phase-out; total repeal
lottery; raffle; drawing (of lots)
repayment; redemption; amortization; amortisation
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
target group; target persons
leveling; levelling; equalization; alleviation (e.g. of unemployment); harmonization
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
average; mean; balance; equilibrium
police officer; policeman; policewoman
teacher; instructor; teaching staff; faculty member
newspaper reporter; print journalist
amateurish and haughty way of doing business; venturing into an unfamiliar line of business (and often failing)
government-owned; state-owned
low price; moderate price
to make a sale of government property
sheltered work programs; sheltered work programmes; providing with work; giving employment
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
bush clover; Japanese clover (any flowering plant of genus Lespedeza); dark red exterior with blue interior (color combination worn in autumn); Hagi (city in Yamaguchi)
election tour; election campaign; stumping
parliament; congress; diet; house (of parliament, etc.); chamber
fixing one's aim in life; deciding one's life goal
National Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1947-); Imperial Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1889-1947); legislative assembly; parliament
prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier; leading; overseeing; leader
corner; nook; shade; shadow; dark circles (under the eyes); dark rings
cabinet (of a government); ministry