rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
small electoral district; single-member constituency
to fall below (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to be less than; to be lower than; to fall just short of; to be just under
synthesis; coordination; putting together; comprehensive
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space
cut; reduction; curtailment
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
twenty-seventh day of the month; twenty-seven days
to make a fresh start; to turn over a new leaf; to call again; to visit again; to come again
Komeito (Japanese political party)
news flash; prompt report; bulletin; quick announcement
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
pushing back one's opponent while locked in close quarters; having a tendency towards; being close to
single word; a few words; brief comment
municipal transportation; city transport
preferential treatment; hospitality; warm reception; cordial welcome
passing (a test, examination, etc.); pass (for admission, transport, etc.); ticket; pass (of a ball); (giving something a) pass; skipping (one's turn)
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
voter turnout; (polling) turnout
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
to look forward to something
simplistic (thinking, idea, etc.); hasty
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
severance payment; retirement money (usu. lump-sum); redundancy payment
cordial welcome; hearty welcome; kind treatment; hospitality
dealing with; coping with
to make an appeal to the confidence of
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning