to be crazy about; to be infatuated with; to be obsessively devoted to
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
running (for election); coming forward as a candidate; going on horseback; going in person; (arch.) letting out a horse; (arch.) taking out a horse
money politics; plutocracy
to go unpunished; to be tolerated; to be allowed; to be overlooked
self restraint; moderating one's behaviour; penitence; confinement to one's home; house arrest
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
action; operation; effect; function
eradication of corruption
honesty; integrity; purity and unselfishness
land of the gods; Japan; Heaven
one's support (power) base; the base of one's support in an electorate
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
to aim for laughs; to play to the crowd
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
to announce; to tell; to sentence; to order
secretary general; chief secretary
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
decoration; ornament; trimmings
to laugh away; to laugh off
elder; senior; senior monk; dean; presbyter
latest; most recent; nearest (in time)
close associate; close aide; brains-truster
whistling arrow used to signal the start of battle; start (e.g. of a movement); beginning; dawn
evading military service; draft dodging
secession from a political party
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
visitor from afar; joy-bringing spirit from the divine realms
lining; backing; backing up (e.g. a theory); support; bolstering
festival merrymaking; revelry
male; manly; brave; larger (of the two); greater; (arch.) man
labored breathing; laboured breathing; dyspnea; dyspnoea
outside daimyo; non-Tokugawa daimyo; outsider; one not included in the favored (favoured) group
collapse of bubble economy; economic bubble burst