National Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1947-); Imperial Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1889-1947); legislative assembly; parliament
prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier
appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation
system; institution; organization; organisation
resolution; decision; vote
administration; governance; the authorities; authority
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
power; authority; jurisdiction
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
ruler; monarch; sovereign
authority; power; function
constitution; rules; regulation
enactment; establishment; creation
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
separation of powers (legislative, executive and judicial)
standing for; advocating; championing; professing (to be)
modern state; modern nation
condition; figure; appearance; voice
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
despotic government; autocracy
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
fixed date; appointed day
standard; set; routine; decided
handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
(present) head of a family
throne; crown; government position; court rank; social standing; rank; grade (of quality, etc.)
to be awarded (e.g. a prize); to be given an award; to be gifted or endowed (e.g. with a talent); to be blessed (e.g. with a child); to be initiated (e.g. into a secret)
as a matter of fact; actually; effectively; in reality; in effect
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
office and rank; an official rank
to the last; persistency; thoroughness
form (as opposed to substance); formality; method; system; format; mode
to pause; to have a short intermission
from time immemorial; ancient; time-honoured; time-honored
imperial envoy; imperial messenger
receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death