(one's) speech; expression of views; discussion
grant; allowance; endowment; bestowal; assignment; conferment
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
demonstration; protest; (giving a) demo; demonstration; presentation
strike (i.e. industrial action)
nationalization; nationalisation
expulsion of a public official and subsequent ban on participating in politics (by the SCAP during the allied occupation); purge
(criminal) punishment; penalty; sentence
government worker; public servant; civil servant
manners; customs; sex service; sex industry; sex-oriented entertainment
unaffected and sincere, with fortitude and vigor (vigour)
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
ugly; unsightly; hideous; mean; repulsive; disgraceful
man; male; masculine gender
grizzled; (hair) streaked with grey (gray)
from one's seat; without stirring
beginning of the year; the oldest person
business; affairs; duties; work; procedure; task
to inform; to notify; to know; to reign
fully armed; armed to the teeth
town area; urban area; metropolitan area; built-up area
to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end
senior leadership; senior leader; upper echelon (of power); top-ranking officer
notification; official notice; directive (e.g. from higher to lower levels of the administration); being well versed (in); being proficient (in)
preparing for action or battle
to pay; to be profitable; to pull against each other
long ago; a long time ago; already
to surround; to crowd around
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly