university or college offering four-year programs; the big four ...; the four major ...
zaibatsu; financial conglomerate; industrial group
nationalization; nationalisation
middle; midway; middle position; moderate position; interim; intermediary
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
remains; dregs; vestiges; remnant; residue
quiet; dependable; uniform; (politically) moderate
leader; reader; reading book; reader (i.e. someone who reads); microreader; dotted line (in printing)
kind offices; services; through the good offices of; intercession; mediation
political system; political institution; regime
preservation; conservation; storage; saving (e.g. to disk)
antecedents; ancestor; previous position; previous existence; predecessor organization; predecessor organisation
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
to press forward; to forge ahead; to push on
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
appointing to a responsible post; making much of
rebellion; uprising; insurrection; (arch.) treason
to put into effect; to put into practice
Toranomon Incident (assassination attempt on Prince Regent Hirohito; December 27, 1923)
trial; judgement; judgment
legitimate self-defence; legitimate self-defense
excessive or unjustifiable self-defense (defence)
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence