to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
the present regime; the existing regime
powerful person; influential person
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
three; three years of age
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
leadership; initiative; spearhead
each nation; many nations; many countries
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
distinguished citizen; patriot
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
selection; choice; picking out
House of Peers (Japan, Meiji constitution); House of Lords (UK)
being elected; being selected (to win a prize, etc.); winning (in a lottery, raffle, etc.)
private; non-governmental; non-official; folk; popular
member of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament; member of Congress
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
to meet; to assemble; to congregate
one large ...; a great ...
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
(social) position; status
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
sovereign; ruler; head of state
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
whole nation; entire nation; all the people
(eligible) voter; elector; holder of a right; rightsholder; bigwig; person with political clout
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
puppet; marionette; puppeteer; (arch.) prostitute