feature (e.g. newspaper); special edition; report
staff; stuff; stuffing; filling
deep affection; dear; beloved
to cover fully; to wrap around
compilation; editing; recording
talk; conversation; dialogue
suffering; distress; hardship; trial
joint struggle; common (united) front
supporter (e.g. of the arts); adherent; proponent
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
agreement; stipulation; contract
to throw away as useless; to scrap; to make null and void; to renege; to annul
brilliant; splendid; glorious; magnificent; spectacular
making noodles by hand; striking a deal; coming to an agreement; killing with bare hands
Democratic Party (esp. DPJ or US Democratic Party); Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence
to hold hands; to join hands; to do together; to go arm in arm; to join forces; to link hands
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
thin; skinny; delicate; fragile; feeble
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
voice; speech; sound of a voice; sound (e.g. of a TV)
production (e.g. play); direction
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
oppressive rule; tyrannical regime; despotism
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
Axis of Evil (Iran, Iraq and North Korea)
to come to nothing; to go down the drain; to go up in smoke
union; alliance; combination; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)