to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
the (four) limbs; arms and legs
running parallel (to); running side-by-side; keeping pace (with)
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
finish; completion; the end
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
letting (someone) die without helping
(emotional) tension; anxiety; (highness of) spirits; (good) mood; tension; tensile strength
still more; even more; much more; increased; greater
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory
way of solving (a problem); solution
the proof of the pudding is in the eating; the proof is in the pudding; don't knock it till you've tried it; you can't tell unless you try
graphics; graphic; graphic magazine; pictorial magazine
cut; reduction; curtailment
high-capacity; high-intensity; high-load
live (esp. concert, show, etc.); live performance; alive
to fish; to look for; to search for; to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.); to binge
to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye
opposition party; political opposition; opposition
National Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1947-); Imperial Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1889-1947); legislative assembly; parliament
closure (of a ceremony, event, meeting, etc.)
as; because; with; due to
serious damage; injury or loss; heavy blow
economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; being economical; economy
revamping; reshaping; rearranging; reorganizing
Budget Committee (of the Upper and Lower Houses of the Diet); budget committee
to let go by; to let pass; to overlook; to miss
Democratic Party of Japan
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
increase in activity; activation
requesting the testimony of an unsworn witness (who is not bound by perjury law)
opaque; obscure; opacity; obscurity; unclear; unpredictable
to put the scalpel to; to perform an operation on; to take drastic measures to get to the bottom of something; to make a searching inquiry; to put something under the microscope
one large ...; a great ...