National Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1947-); Imperial Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1889-1947); legislative assembly; parliament
nodding off (while sitting); dozing
member of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament; member of Congress
occasional; infrequent; rare
hooting; jeering; heckling
everyday; always; at all times; frequently
each; (arch.) you (plural)
interest; rights; concession
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
treason; treachery; mutiny; rebellion; insurrection
plausible; believable; solemn; dignified; serious
to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
to get strong; to gain strength
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
a little over; a little more than; powerhouse; one of the biggest; upper (seismic intensity)
diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
public order; public peace; public security; law and order
welfare; well-being; social welfare; social security; social service
medical care; medical treatment
economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; being economical; economy
outspoken; arguing (heatedly) what one believes in; insisting on something without restraint
ordinary citizen; the general public
long; drawn-out; very long
professional; careerman; worker
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
world; society; people; the public
this and that; one thing or another; something or other; and whatnot; and the rest
to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival
to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die