It is hard to negotiate with a fellow lawmaker if the next minute you walk out on the steps and call [him] a weasel. 如果你刚一走出楼梯就称他为黄鼠狼(双关语:狡猾的人),那你很难跟立法者同事进行谈判。
The seat had previously been held by his father, Ichiro Nakagawa, who was also a senior LDP lawmaker. 中川昭一的国会议席此前由他的父亲中川一郎(Ichiro Nakagawa)占据,中川一郎也曾是一名自民党资深议员。