Prime Minister / Chancellor (Germany, Austria, etc.) / Premier
97509
lower house of the Diet
98576
society / public
95167
guarantee / security / assurance / pledge / warranty
153512
tax
113743
...the heck (e.g. "what the heck?") / ...in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
47801
reform / reformation / innovation
57521
special
136863
committee member
45845
meeting / assembly / party
56790
Liberal Democratic Party / LDP
93855
executive secretary / coordinator / organizer / person in charge of making arrangements
61489
chief / head
129093
the past / bygone days / the previous
56270
utterance / speech / proposal
143545
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt) / questioning / pressing / hounding
129983
apology
129856
scene / setting (e.g. of novel)
104852
Prime Minister / Chancellor (Germany, Austria, etc.) / Premier
97509
Heisei era (1989.1.8- )
152030
by oneself / personally
93562
publication (e.g. article in paper) / appearance / insertion
72758
column (e.g. in newspaper) / stand-alone feature article framed by a box
18040
at that time / in those days
134993
Prime Minister / Chancellor (Germany, Austria, etc.) / Premier
97509
international
83998
currency
130166
fund / foundation
63549
10^8 / 100,000,000 / hundred million
52922
Japan
139388
Prime Minister / Chancellor (Germany, Austria, etc.) / Premier
97509
Prime Minister / Chancellor (Germany, Austria, etc.) / Premier
97509
opposition party / political opposition / opposition
160917
period / epoch / era / age
92927
utterance / speech / proposal
143545
apology
129856