measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier; leading; overseeing; leader
call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question
broadcasting (e.g. seed); disseminating; distributing (e.g. favours); pork barrelling
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
with energy; vigorously; cheerfully; assertively; lustily
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
Chief Cabinet Secretary (Japan); Chief of Staff (to the President, Prime Minister, etc.); Cabinet Secretary; Executive Secretary
irregularity; unsteadiness; disorderly
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
body; physical system; (the) person
robust health; able-bodied
rather; better; instead; if anything
desirable; hoped for; preferable; advisable
reckless; (at) random; haphazard; blind; sudden; abrupt
criticism; judgement; judgment; comment
(making something a) political issue
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby
member of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament; member of Congress
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
slim waist; slender figure; willowy figure; waist of a willow tree
to cancel; to withdraw; to retract; to take back (words, etc.); to revoke
hooting; jeering; heckling
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound
ruling party; government party; party in power; government
fighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge
(eating) heartily; energetically; vigorously; bulging (muscles); welling up (of strength, courage, etc.)
expansion; swelling; increase; growth
bullfighting; bullfight; fighting bull
overswelling (of a blood vessel); engorgement; bulging; squaring one's shoulders; flexing one's muscles
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument