song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
record (e.g. LP); record (e.g. in sports); record (data structure)
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
ripeness; mellowness; maturity; perfection
every month; trite; commonplace; conventional
expression; presentation; representation; notation
to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence
consumer; ordinary citizen; stakeholder; person who lives on (e.g. situation, income, place)
to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)
offstage; backstage; behind the scenes
addition; adding; supplement
Liberal Democratic Party; LDP
vote; ballot; label; ticket; tag
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
to make a fool of someone
one's possessions; ownership
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
second crop; interim crop
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
government; administration
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
suggestion; hint; implication
to be rich in; to abound in; to be abundant in; to be rich; to be wealthy
opposition; resistance; insubordination; defiance; hostility; rebellion
disorder; disturbance; unrest
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
infatuation; adoration; blind love; doting (on a child)
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still
to do together; to share; to participate in