plain; indifferent; quiet
Diet member who succeeded a parent; Diet member who comes from a family of politicians; (lit.) hereditary Diet member
left-of-center faction (group)
national land development (e.g. building infrastructure, roads, etc.)
living abroad; life overseas
still better; even better
change of heart; fickleness
holding out for a short while; putting up resistance for a while; briefly holding one's own
old fox; old-timer; schemer
to blend (e.g. truth and lies); to mix together (e.g. kanji and kana)
people's revolution; popular revolution
foreign travel; overseas trip
light bulb; incandescent light bulb
slack; slackening; sagginess; dullness; letdown; depression
road maintenance; road improvement
heartbreak; grief; sorrow
spinning mill; cotton mill
to disappear; to vanish; to abscond; to decamp
by both oneself and others
deep pool; deep water; abyss; depths (e.g. of despair, etc.); grip (e.g. of death)
(arch.) to push aside; (arch.) to overcome (e.g. difficulties); to align; to put in order; to push open
to break down due to overwork; to try so hard that the situation gets worse