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month-to-month basis

party tax deliberation committee

kanbun converted into literary Japanese

rank-deciding competitions (e.g. in go or shogi)

coal-fired power plant

to be shameless

child consultation center

access point

to hint at something

criminal investigation

marine transport

cerebral commissure

fire station worker

weather balloon

regular kanbun (following the rules of classical Chinese grammar)

advisory provision

joint committee of both houses

to bow

form of poetry found on the stone Buddha Foot monument at Yakushi Temple in Nara (following a 5-7-5-7-7-7 moraic pattern)

Short-Term Economic Survey of Enterprises in Japan (Bank of Japan's quarterly economic survey)

increased tax revenue

high-grade Japanese fresh confections (usu. colorful sculpted mochi in seasonal designs around bean paste)

weld

graduate recruitment

to spend (money) like water

small scale

worst-ever

cutouts (of coloured paper)

oleophilic

senior military official