calamity; disaster; misfortune
evacuees; displaced persons; refugees
stockpile; reserves; storing; stocking up; laying in (supplies)
one house; the same house
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete
forcefulness of speech; influential voice
constitutionalism; Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan
political friend; friend with the same political views
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
advice; counsel; suggestion; tip; hint
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
freely; right and left; as one pleases
power; authority; jurisdiction
ministry; department; province (of China); saving; conserving
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
Gotou Shinpei (1857.7.24-1929.4.13)
Minister for Reconstruction
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
plan; protocol; manifest; program
double; twice (as much); twofold
10,000,000,000; ten billion
property; fortune; assets
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
dumbfounded; in mute amazement
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
(some) more; even more; longer; further
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
brush tip; first on a list; head; chief
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
detonation by contact; contact detonation; touching off (something); triggering; sparking
donation money (esp. disaster relief or charity); contribution