(world of) politics; political world; political circles
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
public matter; governmental matter; prince; duke; lord; sir
to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply
court noble; nobility; Imperial Court
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
one's wife; one's wife and daughter or daughters
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then