tax inspection division; tax inspector; tax dick; tax inspection
to lead a stingy life; to scrimp and save; to pinch pennies; (lit.) to light one's (finger)nails (instead of a candle)
compulsory inspection; compulsory search
(Japanese) larch (Larix leptolepis, Larix kaempferi)
approval and authorization; permits and licences
Committee of the National Diet
begging; pestering; pleading; coaxing
misrepresentation (falsification) of one's past record (personal history)
Personal Information Protection Law (2003)
revenue office; taxation bureau
one's favourite party trick (favorite); one's specialty; one's forte
marketable securities; stocks and bonds
political organization; political organisation
to make a leap into the dark; to take the plunge; to jump in at the deep end; (lit.) to jump off the stage of the Kiyomizu temple
generation of students educated under the "pressure-free" system (from the late 1970s onward)
backdoor admission to a school; backdoor entry to a school; buying one's way into school; bribing one's way into a school
correct practices (esp. in Jodo, the path to rebirth in paradise)
snowballing (phenomenon, effect)
sorceress; medium; female fortuneteller; (arch.) child from the city
emergency case; person that has suddenly taken ill
to make a sale of government property
to close down a business; to shut a business
notebook; memo pad; certificate; identification card
written pledge; signed note of assurance; memorandum; legal instrument
special investigation department
temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
encouragement; urging; spurring on
affixing a seal (to); putting one's seal (on)
secret savings; secret stash; money hidden away
extortion; blackmail; shakedown; extortionist; blackmailer; racketeer
conveyor belt sushi; sushi-go-round; sushi train; kaiten-zushi