recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
decline; fall; decay; withering
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
eleventh day of the month; eleven days
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
member of the Lower House
general election (of the lower house)
fixed number; quorum (for an assembly); constant; invariable; literal; fate
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
Liberal Democratic Party; LDP; Free Democratic Party (Germany); FDP
Democratic Party (esp. DPJ or US Democratic Party); Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan
name; given name; first name
small government; limited government
Liberal Democratic Party; LDP
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
overwhelming victory; crushing victory; sweeping victory; landslide victory
literally; to the letter; literal
to eat; to drink; to smoke; to suffer (e.g. defeat); to receive a blow
naturally; not surprisingly; it should be appreciated that; understandably; as a matter of course; as is obvious
maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full
something like ...; something called ...
future (usually near); prospects
calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind
very; much; greatly; a lot of
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible
member of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament; member of Congress
alumnus (alumnae); graduate; former member of an organization; former inhabitant (country, region, etc.)
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
to be sluggish (business); to make little progress; to not grow as much as expected
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
to roll in; to tumble into; to visit (esp. to stay overnight as an unwanted guest); to fall in one's way; to fall into one's lap