corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
self-government; autonomy; local (governmental) autonomy
prefectures (of Japan); largest administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu, Hokkaido and the remaining prefectures
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
establishment; opening; setting up; inauguration
congress; parliament; diet; legislative assembly
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
member of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament; member of Congress
to play a leading role; to play a central part
consultative body; advisory committee; advisory organ
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
degassing; gas drainage; gas venting; letting off steam; letting out stress; letting out feelings
burlesque; low comedy; farce
constitution; rules; regulation
in range; within the limits (of...); within (a) range
arrest; apprehension; capture
authority; power; function
to be on track; to be going to plan; to enter orbit
calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
to turn towards; to point
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
independence movement; mutually independent
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
conscription; draft system
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
book; volume; this; present; main; head
state resident; people of a state
treating someone like a child
conscription; (military) draft; (compulsory) enlistment
comfortable (to live in); snug; cozy; cosy
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
to overturn; to capsize; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.)