to run about trying to escape
announcement (esp. over public-address system); official announcement; formal information release
deciding match (in a competition for a cup (pennant))
drastic move (e.g. hold or strike in martial arts); power technique; display of power
urban area; urban district
to die by drowning; to drown
waste heat; remaining heat; residual heat
restarting; resuming operations (e.g. at a power plant)
to talk; to carry meaning
to bend forward; to stoop; to bow
by the way; meanwhile; on the other hand
persuasion by tears; using tears to get one's way; sob story
very bright red; deep red; extremely flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
person of extraordinary talent; wonder; marvel
to see everything; to see all; to abandon; to give up; to sell at a loss; to sell off
notice of resignation; (one's) resignation; resignation notice
good; goodness; right; virtue
culmination; acme; height; peak; ultimate; perfection
maturing; ripening; aging; ageing; curing; fermenting
graduation ceremony; commencement
Nagata-chō (Japan's political center; equiv. of Downing Street)
to that extent; to that degree; that much; that many
(Japanese) Agency for Cultural Affairs
leaving work; clocking out
leisurely post; do-nothing job; sinecure
to fray one's nerves; to wear out one's nerves; to frazzle one's nerves; to be a nervous wreck
confused (situation); great fuss; much wrangling
solitude; loneliness; isolation
weariness; fatigue; languor; boredom; tedium; ennui
to yearn for (someone, something); to miss
to rise (steeply); to tower; to soar
one in a million (chance, etc.); one in ten thousand; in the unlikely event that
book; booklet; story book; pamphlet; notebook
National Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1947-); Imperial Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1889-1947); legislative assembly; parliament
ideological offense; crime of espousing dangerous ideas; political crime; ideological offender; thought crime
approval; adoption (of a motion, bill, etc.); passage