Meanings

service with a samurai family

(coalition of) the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito

public assistance (i.e. assistance provided by a public body)

land-tax rate during the Edo period, in which the government took 70 percent of the year's crop and the farmers kept 30 percent

Italian person

American person

low-emission vehicle

having no hesitation in stating

previous ruler

uncultured but well-intentioned person

uncultured but well-intentioned person

policy statement

speaker at a public hearing

official visit to a shrine (or temple)

system allowing for election of the prime minister by popular vote

sports park

Iko-kai (faction of the LDP)

public high school

public debate

beachfront park