worst; worst-case (scenario)
exchange; reciprocation; give-and-take; reply; riposte
relation; connection; relevance
focus (e.g. photographic); focal point
to worry about; to be anxious about; to be concerned about; to lament; to grieve; to feel sorrow for
collection (gathering) and distribution
general election (of the lower house)
Conservative Party (UK, Canada, Japan)
Komeito (Japanese political party)
maintenance; conservatism; conservativeness; conservation
return (to); revolution; recurrence; regression
to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise
party secessionist; defector from a party
coalition; alliance; union; standing side-by-side
split; division; break up
communism; Communist Party
democracy; popular sovereignty; Democratic Party (esp. DPJ)
union; alliance; combination; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
remnants; survivors; refugees; pocket (of resistance)
Liberal Democratic Party; LDP
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)
fairness; openness; impartiality; Komeito (Japanese political party)
resuscitation; regeneration; reformation; rehabilitation; playback; regeneration (sound, etc.)
chair; chairman; chairperson; speaker (of an assembly); president (of a council, senate, etc.)
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
major recession; serious (economic) depression; Great Depression
stone (of a fruit); pit; core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; nuclear weapons; nucleus (of an atom); nucleus (of a cell)
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
embodiment; materialization; actualization; realization; taking form; taking shape
stabilization; stabilisation