even if; (it doesn't matter) whether (A or B or ...); whatever; should
participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
(political) power; authority; influence
prohibition; interdiction; forbidden; prohibited
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
congress; parliament; diet; legislative assembly
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
in turns; in series; in number order; by rotation
one's support (power) base; the base of one's support in an electorate
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
brush tip; first on a list; head; chief
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
pipe; tube; channels, official or otherwise; (business) connections; tobacco pipe
hawks; hardline faction; hardliner
maintenance; conservatism; conservativeness; conservation
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
stationing (e.g. of troops); garrison
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
self-government; autonomy; local (governmental) autonomy
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
influence; clout; leverage
(United States of) America; USA
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
puppet; marionette; puppeteer; (arch.) prostitute
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
like cats and dogs; (on) very bad terms; (lit.) relationship of dogs and monkeys
among these; between these; of these; in here; in this
connection; link; relationship
not at all; don't worry about it; forget about it
intelligence gathering; information gathering
one's field of expertise; one's strong area
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
one's way back; one's way home
certification; attestation; authentication; Imperial attestation