signing; autograph session
regular; ordinary (e.g. session of parliament); established usage; precedent; regular practice
in the morning; during the morning
(writing, painting) brush
written seal; stylized signature
lively; active; vigorous; animated; brisk
to be sacked; to be fired; to be dismissed; to be beheaded
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
executive power; authority
management; administration; operation
diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
conversation; conference (usu. between important people); discussion; interview
counting by the minute (of a schedule, etc.)
prime minister's official residence
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
state (of affairs); condition; developments; movements
section (e.g. in a newspaper); column; field (in a form, web page, etc.); blank; handrail; railing
popular name; common name; nickname; alias
leader; reader; reading book; reader (i.e. someone who reads); microreader; dotted line (in printing)
to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
participation in government; state councillor (in the ritsuryo system); state councilor; vice-minister (early Meiji period); Cabinet Councillor (1937-1943); Cabinet Councilor
general policy speech; speech held by the Prime Minister of Japan at the start of a special or extraordinary Diet session
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
United Nations General Assembly; General Assembly of the United Nations
speculation; thinking; meditation
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
attendance; participation; presence
each field; various circles
celebrity; personality; prominent figure