Minister of Health and Welfare
directly under; falling perpendicularly
reason for living; something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être
next term; next period; next version; next release
chief secretary (usu. of a party); secretary-general
same period; corresponding period; same year (of graduation, entering a company, etc.); contemporary; synchronization; synchronism
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
ministry; department; province (of China); saving; conserving
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; something full of holes; zaru soba; strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
disclosure; exposure; revelation
congress; parliament; diet; legislative assembly
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
Minister for Foreign Affairs
pushing back one's opponent while locked in close quarters; having a tendency towards; being close to
diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
propulsion; drive; promotion (of a policy, project, movement, etc.); furtherance; advancement
Western countries; (former) Western Bloc countries
eyesore; unpleasant sight; obstructing a view
Director General of (former) Defence Agency (Defense)
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
censure; denunciation; (verbal) attack; blaming
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
erasure; denial; obliteration; ignoring (an opinion)
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
politician (esp. one who works only for their own personal gain)
plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme
an order of magnitude higher; off by a digit; in a different league; unbelievable; incomparable; unimaginable
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
name (esp. on a deed, contract, etc.); moral duty; justification; pretext