member of the Diet; Diet member; member of parliament; MP
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
to be kind to; to treat kindly
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
any more; any further; any better; any longer
source (e.g. quotation); authority
free (of restraint, controls, etc.); free (of cost); freelance; one-size
encyclopedia; encyclopaedia
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
opposition party; political opposition; opposition
party (political); person who is fond of; fan of
member of the Lower House
Tokyo Metropolis (prefecture); Tokyo metropolitan area
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
Moscow State University; MGU
(period of) a year; during an era
studying abroad; studying at a different school, etc. (usu. for a specific purpose)
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); (arch.) consort of the emperor
member of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament; member of Congress
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
National Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1947-); Imperial Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1889-1947); legislative assembly; parliament
bombshell announcement (statement)
eighteenth day of the month; eighteen days
lunch break; noon recess; noon rest period
thread-sail filefish (Stephanolepis cirrhifer); skinning (an animal); stripping (a tree of its bark); barking