Metropolitan Police Department (esp. Tokyo)
exposing; unmasking; laying bare
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
general election (of the lower house)
leading party (e.g. in parliament); dominant party
prime minister; chancellor (Germany, Austria, etc.); premier
constitutional reform; constitutional amendment
cabinet (of a government); ministry
coalition; alliance; union; standing side-by-side
to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
panel; wainscoting; wainscotting; plight; fix; bind
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)
re-; again; repeated; deutero-; deuto-; deuter-
preference; priority; precedence
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity
exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement
demonstration; protest; (giving a) demo; demonstration; presentation
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
Mayday (call for help); May Day (May 1)
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
to ration out and survive on (some food); to eke out a living
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
prime minister's official residence
noisy; confused; uproarious
new constitution (esp. Japan's postwar constitution)
enactment; establishment; creation
(living) from hand to mouth; living on the fringe of subsistence
to ride up to; to drive up to; to get used to riding; to get used to driving
being entertained by a geisha
captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)
English conversation; school for English conversation
feeling ashamed; feeling of one's inferiority