last week; the week before
special election; by-election
ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)
election; selection; choice
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
for example; for instance; e.g.
jello (gelatin-based dessert); jelly; gel; jelly
same feeling; same sentiment; same opinion; sympathy; agreement; concurrence
caricature; cartoon; comics
skillful; adroit; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme
early on; earlier on; from early
expert; knowledgeable person; authority (on a subject)
guest seating (e.g. theater, stadium); passenger seat (e.g. taxi); audience
(nearly certain) death; extremely dangerous place (or situation) from which one might not return alive; proper place to die; dilemma; predicament
regarding oneself (as); fancying oneself (as); seeing oneself (as); considering oneself (to be); pretension
indictment; prosecution; complaint
hostility; animosity; enmity
impossible; unthinkable; unimaginable
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
car; automobile; motorcar; motor vehicle; auto
operation; functioning; running
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
on the road; on the street; in the street; on the way
to go down and stand; to alight; to get down
national (e.g. hero, pastime, consensus); relevant to all citizens; popular on a national level
passage in a discourse; one section; one scene
urban transport; urban transit
artificial; unnatural; human-caused (e.g. mistake, error, disaster); man-made
person with a lot of experience; old hand; veteran (in a particular field)
forcibly; against one's will
formal; stiff; pompous; stern; solemn; grave
therefore; for that reason; such being the case
route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)
proud; boastful; bragging; conceited