settlement; conclusion; summary
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
Fire and Disaster Management Agency (formerly: Fire Defense Agency) (Defence)
one large ...; a great ...
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
regular election (triennial election of half of the House of Councillors)
source (of a spring, etc.); source (of payment, energy, knowledge, etc.); origin; wellspring
proportional representation
blocking (e.g. the way); obstructing; block (lump of something (usu. square), area of town, etc.); block; physical record (e.g. on magnetic tape); concrete block; blocking (from view, esp. of websites, on social media, etc.)
term; terminology; wording; choice of words; phraseology
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
news flash; prompt report; bulletin; quick announcement
to replace; to substitute; to shift; to change places
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
being full; (counting) completed years (e.g. when calculating age); full (years, months, etc.); Manchuria
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
proportional representation
to join together; to combine; to join up
ballot paper; voting paper
number of votes obtained (polled)
head of the student council; president of the student council
individual; one by one; separate; each
drinking and vomiting; coming and going
form; method; system; formula
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
single-seat constituency system
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
vote for a losing candidate; wasted vote
electoral system comprised of single-seat constituencies and proportionally represented multiple-seat constituencies
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
a gap develops; a significant difference emerges
far-reaching amendment; significant revision