Kasumigaseki; district of Tokyo where most of Japan's government ministry offices are located; government ministries (of Japan); Japanese government bureaucracy
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
misappropriation of public funds
injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity
expenditure; disbursement; expenses
mechanism; machinery; trick; dodge; mechanical doll; string puppet
whole story; full picture; full particulars
to disclose; to divulge; to expose; to open (a grave); to dig out
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
to apply pressure (on); to bring pressure upon; to lean on
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
police; police officer; police station
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
to lose heart; to be discouraged; to be exhausted; to be tired out
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
clinic; medical office; infirmary
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
chafing; grinding (e.g. teeth); binding tightly; pulling tight (e.g. a bow); rotating quickly; hurting sharply
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable
batsu game; punishment given to the loser of a game or contest
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
once; one time; exclusively; only; alone