pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting
to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
related to; in relation to; as far as ... is concerned
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
political measures; policy
(criminal) conspiracy; conspiracy to commit a crime
structural elements (of an offence); constituent external element of a crime; actus reus
establishing; founding; setting up; organizing; establishment
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
beginning of next week (usu. Monday); early next week
twenty-ninth day of the month; twenty-nine days
plenary session; regular session
ruling party; government party; party in power; government
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
opposition party; political opposition; opposition
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
national strategic special zone
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology; MEXT
permanent vice-president; undersecretary; vice-minister
intention; idea; inclination; wish
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
document; writing; letter; document addressed to someone
drawing up (e.g. legal document, contract, will, etc.); preparing; writing; framing; making; producing
party (political); person who is fond of; fan of
vice-minister; undersecretary
summoning of a sworn witness (court, Diet); subpoena
eighteenth day of the month; eighteen days
Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
member of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament; member of Congress
twenty-third day of the month; twenty-three days
schedule; program; programme; agenda
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
offense and defense; offence and defence
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to
chief; main; principal; major
summit meeting; top-level conference
to repeat; to be frequent