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Japan's new prime minister

Grammar

rose to his feet

stood up

from humble beginnings

from an average family

a salaryman

an expression used in Japanese to refer to a man who works in an office and is paid a salary

predecessors

people who had the job before him

to revive the sluggish economy

to bring life back to the economy which at the moment is performing poorly

to mend relations with

to fix a relationship that has become damaged or broken

strained by the row

made difficult by the argument

brought down

caused the resignation of

to recapture the optimism

to bring back the positive feeling and atmosphere

ousted

won against and replaced