member of the Diet; Diet member; member of parliament; MP
problematical statement; controversial statement
woman; female; feminine gender
insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
to coo at; to behave like a spoiled child; to snort; to sniff
transcendence; transcendency; transcendental; to transcend; to rise above
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
mass communication; mass media
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
great difference; big difference; wide margin
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
threatening attitude; menacing look; angry look
what's what; heads or tails
indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited; listless
very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)
pressure; oppression; suppression
(feeling of) indebtedness; feeling obliged
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
bento; Japanese box lunch
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
threat; intimidation; menace
all over the body; from head to foot; all over
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
such; this sort of; like this
state of mind; mental state; mental attitude