rebuilding; reconstruction; rehabilitation; protoform reconstruction
member of the Diet; Diet member; member of parliament; MP
to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to
being elected; being selected (to win a prize, etc.); winning (in a lottery, raffle, etc.)
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
worldwide financial crisis; global depression
National Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1947-); Imperial Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1889-1947); legislative assembly; parliament
number of votes polled; poll votes
party (political); person who is fond of; fan of
infatuation; adoration; blind love; doting (on a child)
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
leading party (e.g. in parliament); dominant party
cabinet (of a government); ministry
starting; inauguration; launch; founding; establishment; start-up
president (of a nation); big man; boss; buddy
supreme ruler; generalissimo; president (of Taiwan); führer; fuehrer
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
Rhineland (Germany); Rheinland
holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)
Japan and Germany; Japanese-German
anticommunist (policies or measures)
arrangement; pact; agreement
German Air Force; Luftwaffe
merger (of companies, towns, etc.); combination; union; amalgamation; consolidation; coalition
Second World War (1939-1945); World War II; WWII; WW2
outbreak (e.g. of war); outburst; sudden occurrence
Benelux; Benelux countries (Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg)
three countries; Three Kingdoms (in China, 220 CE-280 CE); Three Kingdoms (in Korea, 57 BCE-668 CE); (arch.) Japan, China and India; (arch.) Japan, Korea and China
occupying; having (an area) all to oneself; military occupation; possession; capture