Vocabulary

cross-border

knowledgeable

traffic division (of a police department)

policy statement; manifesto

electoral system comprised of single-seat constituencies and proportionally represented multiple-seat constituencies

number of parliamentary seats required in order for the ruling coalition to chair all standing committees and pass bills without the support of other parties

extraordinary meeting of the Cabinet

ordinary meeting of the Cabinet

Cabinet Act

immunity from arrest (for Diet members, foreign diplomats, etc.); parliamentary immunity; legislative immunity; diplomatic immunity

legislators' pension (and retirement benefits)

carrying over a bill from one Diet session to the next, being deliberated by a committee in the interim

principle holding that any matters left unresolved at the end of one Diet session are not to be carried over to the next

nomination to become prime minister

parliamentary motion of non-confidence against the cabinet

dissolution of the lower house of parliament

censure motion

parliamentary investigation rights

requesting the testimony of an unsworn witness (who is not bound by perjury law)

rate of failure

plan to overcome an obstacle or break out of a deadlock; breakthrough solution

Korean stew; Korean hot pot

regression (of cancer); involution (of an organ); atrophy

country bumpkin; yokel; hick

temporary placement; putting something in a place temporarily

from now on

disassembly plant; wrecking yard; chop shop

criminal investigation

hidden room; secret chamber

refugee camp

white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)

Steller's sea eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus)

Falun Gong; Falun Dafa

one country, two systems (Chinese policy allowing for areas such as Hong Kong to maintain their own economic and administrative systems)

State Council (of the People's Republic of China)

judicial branch (of government); judicial organ

echinococcus

echinococcosis; hydatid disease

hydatid

echinococcosis; hydatid disease