affiliated company; affiliated business
poor person; pauper; the poor; the indigent
pasturing; letting (an animal) run loose; letting (someone) do as they please; leaving (something) to take its own course; letting (an issue) go unchecked
lawlessness; injustice; wrong; outrageous; lawless; disorderly
as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction
general election (of the lower house)
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
Democratic Party (esp. DPJ or US Democratic Party); Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan
firm; strong; solid; stable
ground; crust (earth); foundation (building, etc.); base; constituency; power base
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly
character; personality; (fictional) character; letter; character
civilization; civilisation; culture; Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
personality; character; personal appearance; gentility
forces of reaction; forces of resistance; opposition forces; opposition elements; resistance force
trend; tendency; momentum
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
current administration; present government
our gracious (e.g. Queen); honorific that attaches to name of a person or thing that has bestowed grace or favour upon you
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
hereditary disposition; temperament; nature; (arch.) body build
foothold; footing; toehold; stepping stone
to swipe; to nick; to pilfer; to steal
kiss; squeak (as in the sound made by mice); sound of liquid being sucked up
Mt.; Mount; (fig.) Mt.; (fig.) Mount
to wind (of a road, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell
grassy field; grassland; meadow; grass-covered plain; savannah; prairie
Japanese pampas grass (Miscanthus sinensis); maiden silvergrass; zebra grass
growing en masse in one location (of plants); living gregariously (of animals); living in flocks, herds, colonies, etc.; all animate creation
golden; gold-colored; gold-coloured; honey-colour
tip of an ear (of wheat, etc.); tip (of a brush, spear, etc.); point; spearhead
ninefold; imperial palace; the Court
mountain range; Lian Shan (Xia period method of Chinese divination)
vista; background; perspective; distant view
along; parallel to; in accordance with
mountain road; mountain trail
Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)