Vocabulary

waiting; waiting time

hesitation; bewilderment; perplexity; doubt; indecision

(feeling of) indebtedness; feeling obliged

failing to be elected; election defeat; losing an election

private (non-governmental) school (college, university)

continuous

Japan Coast Guard; JCG

first half of the (fiscal) year

pile; accumulation

giant slalom

Cabinet Legislation Bureau

sacred place; holy ground; the Holy Land

dominant; ruling

tactics; strategy

awareness of the issues; (having a) critical mind; concerns

Olympic village; athlete's village

agricultural cooperative

lesson; discipline; example (e.g. set a bad example)

(physically) disabled person; person with a physical disability

continuing from beginning to end; continuous run; consecutive run

ringing; sound

sound truck (used for campaigning, advertising or propaganda); loudspeaker van; (right-wing) propaganda vehicle

princess; consort

rough plan; draft

youngest

stone which is worshipped; image of a god in stone

depth of water

(national) census

Fiscal Investment and Loan Program; FILP

since last year

three parts; three copies

private document

one's own room

social work; social project; social enterprise; social welfare service

betting ticket; betting slip

round well

(under) metropolitan government management

stone implement (e.g. stone age arrowheads); stone tool

mass; lump; clod; clump

case