parliamentary investigation rights
other matters; other people's affairs
test procedure; testing methodology
lowness (of degree, value, etc.); inferiority; second volume (of two); third volume (of three)
friendly relations; social relations; social life
leavening agent (e.g. yeast)
breaking up a match (on the decision of the referee, in boxing, etc.)
transition, cutover period
to embezzle; to misappropriate; to peculate; to accustom oneself to using; to use for a long time
to be pressed for time; to be pressed by urgent business; to have one's pants on fire
explicit; clear; unambiguous; meaningful; lively
quote-unquote; so-called; bracketed
terminal care; end-of-life care
large bird; peng (in Chinese mythology, giant bird said to transform from a fish); fenghuang (Chinese phoenix)
oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus)
see you later; goodbye; sincerely
official use; government business
to sprinkle salt on; to salt
Canada goldenrod (Solidago canadensis var. scabra)
bottom floor; lowest floor
skeleton (of a building); frame; framework
habit of putting things off; truancy habit
wearing one's hair up; coming-of-age ceremony where 12 to 13-year-old girls get their long hair tied up; wearing one's hair up with a hairpin (type of hairstyle used by court ladies)
directly under; falling perpendicularly
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
out of hand; uncontrollable; out of control; messy
snail's pace tactics; walking extremely slowly when voting in the Diet to delay proceedings; (lit.) ox walk tactic
participation in politics; political participation
precautions against earthquake; anti-earthquake measures; antiearthquake procedures; earthquake countermeasures