Vocabulary

opossum

beating someone up by ganging up on them

hire boat; rental boat

carriage for hire

safe-deposit box

balance sheet

loan

creditor; lender; credit side (of the ledger)

retrogression; degeneration; deterioration

stripping a Diet member of arrest immunity

arrestee; person arrested

arrest warrant

blackish blue

substitution

change for the better; improvement; looking better (than before)

substitute actor; stand-in; double

subrogation; substitution

signing by proxy

proxy

performing as a substitute; standing in (for)

replacement warship

praying by proxy; applying by proxy

one who offers prayer in place of another

representative; delegate

delegation

parliamentary system

representative government

representative government

compensatory holiday (for working on a day off); time in lieu

cash on delivery; COD

substitute teaching

advocacy; pleading by proxy; speaking for another; attorney

advocate

attorney; lawyer

agency

agent; proxy

substitute lecturing; substitute lecturer

ghost-writing

visiting a temple for another

sign for another