major subject; special study
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
student (esp. a university student)
noisy; confused; uproarious
appeal (e.g. to public opinion); plea; appeal (e.g. sex appeal); attractiveness; appeal (e.g. in baseball); emphasizing (strong points, etc.)
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
beyond; across; the other side; the distance
commemorative plaque (usu. on a stone); stone monument (bearing an inscription)
central part; heart (of a city)
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
to illuminate; to shine a light on; to light up
binoculars; field glasses
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
commerce; trade; business
rally; recovery; comeback; winding (thread, etc.)
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
election campaign; political campaign; campaigning; electioneering; canvassing
change of government; regime change
even if; (it doesn't matter) whether (A or B or ...); whatever; should
to be of benefit; to be useful; to be good for you
whether one likes it or not; inevitably; unavoidably; compulsorily; by force
to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give
cannot help (doing); have no choice but to; am compelled to; am obliged to; it is incumbent upon (me) to
candidacy; standing as a candidate; bidding (to host an event, e.g. the Olympics)
democracy; popular sovereignty; Democratic Party (esp. DPJ)
the political party to which one belongs
state of mind; mental state; mental attitude
the same book; the said book; ibid.
(open) a little; slightly; narrowly; (cut) finely; thinly