political measures; policy
to succeed; to bear fruit
resident of Hokkaidō; citizen of Hokkaidō
looking and listening; (television) viewing; (public) attention; interest; (signal) reception
suggestion; proposition; proposal; submission (of a bill); motion; proposal
stern; grave; solemn; sobersided
prefectures (of Japan); largest administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu, Hokkaido and the remaining prefectures
prefecture (of Japan); county (of China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (of France); province (of Italy, Spain, etc.)
absolute monarch; despot; autocrat; tyrant
(being from the) same town (province, birthplace, etc.)
sacred place; holy ground; the Holy Land; real-life location used as a setting in a novel, film, anime, etc.
to set (someone) up (in a high position); to kick upstairs; to hold sacred; to worship; to flatter
clumsiness; awkwardness; ineptitude
acquaintance; close friend
having spirit; (being) staunch; having backbone
(piece of) rope; ordinary method
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
wise person; virtuous person; sage; unrefined sake
creation of heaven and earth
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
interview; audience; meeting; (viewing) party
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
seat; bench; temporary job while looking for a better job or until one marries
eternal; everlasting; perpetual; immemorial
large river; epic (of a novel, drama, etc.); long-form; large-scale
comedian; actor who plays comic roles; figure of fun; laughing stock
tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
haughty; arrogant; insolent; presumptuous
reprimand; rebuke; reproach; scolding
to cut off and throw away; to abandon; to disregard; to cut (someone) down; to slay
picked troops; elite soldiers; crack troops
member of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament; member of Congress
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...