to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit
full moon; moon on the 15th day of the month (by the lunar calendar); full moon of the eighth lunar month
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
national parliament or congress building (e.g. National Diet Building (Japan), United States Capitol (USA), Houses of Parliament (UK), etc.)
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
like this; this sort; this way
line; queue; procession; matrix
each newspaper; every newspaper
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
describing; comparing; form; figure; personal appearance; one's face and figure
stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition
large number (of); many; majority
unvoiced opinion; (opinion of the) silent majority; views which are not expressed
support; backing; endorsement; support; holding up; propping
to add fuel to the fire; to make things worse; to stir things up
June; sixth month of the lunar calendar
fourth day of the month; four days
striker; strikers; people on strike
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
House of Councillors (upper house of the National Diet of Japan)
sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity
forcing; enforcement; forced; enforced
President of the United States of America; US President
arrival in Japan; coming to Japan; visit to Japan
fifteenth day of the month; fifteen days