amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
Hong Konger; person from Hong Kong
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
interview; audience; meeting; (viewing) party
prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier; leading; overseeing; leader
Chief Cabinet Secretary (Japan); Chief of Staff (to the President, Prime Minister, etc.); Cabinet Secretary; Executive Secretary
president (of an organization); director general; governor (of a central bank); party leader (esp. LDP)
transition; change; progress; passing (of time)
short-term rate of interest
fundraising; financing; cash flow
harmful effect; harmful influence; evil practice; abuse; malady
related to; in relation to
still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less
appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right
our country; our land; one's own country
dense; thick; close (relationship); intimate; minute; fine
on the occasion of; at the time of
present stage; current phase; current rank; present grade
to bear fruit; to take effect
to arrive; to come to pass
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
congestion (with blood); hyperemia; hyperaemia
The New York Times (newspaper)
to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
overall victory; championship
bet; wager; stake; gamble
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
trade; buying and selling
sen (hundredth of a yen); coin made of non-precious materials; one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of currency); (arch.) one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of mass)
square (shape); square (open space); formal; methodical; square (tool)