fumi-e; fumie; tablet bearing Christian images, on which Edo-period authorities forced suspected Christians to trample; allegiance test; loyalty test
vertically segmented administrative system; overcompartmentalized bureaucracy; system in which interministerial rivalry diminishes overall efficiency; (bureaucratic) sectionalism; interministerial rivalry; bureaucratic fiefdoms
roulette-like street gambling; portable tape-recorder (used by reporters)
keeping a secret; secrecy; confidentiality
guest member; associate member; honorary member
whirr; hum; buzz; whoosh; woosh; whiz
Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (1871-2001)
current obsession; current kick; personal obsession
having slow reflexes; bad at sports; unathletic person
automatic operation (machine); automatic driving (vehicle)
(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante); forty-five degree angle
god of wealth; (arch.) monk's wife
dead language; extinct language; obsolete word; word that has become passé
research project (e.g. at school); independent research
on bad terms; at loggerheads
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
neighborhood association; neighbourhood association
does not match (one's, its) appearance
careless; thoughtless; hasty; rash
exhausted; tired; withered; worn out; boiling until shapeless or mushy; tediously
stinging hair (of a nettle, caterpillar, etc.)
Kanazawa (city in Ishikawa)
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
to be incomparable; to be completely different matters; to be completely different things
New Year's gift (usu. money given to a child by relatives and visitors)
to mix; to stir; to blend
computer; cyberbrain; digital brain
to wear glasses; to put on glasses
deputy director; assistant director; vice director; deputy general manager; assistant general manager; vice (general) manager
hey!; c'mon!; pushy; overbearing; self-assured
navigation; (car) navigation system; navigator