loan shark; high-interest consumer finance firm
summarization; summary; generalization; review (by labour or political movements of past activities, results, etc.)
to abridge; to shorten; to economize
unification; bringing together; generalization; control; supervision
compulsory inspection; compulsory search
Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau
extravagant (spending); generous; luxurious; bubbly; bubblelike
negligence; carelessness; incompetence; mismanagement
made-to-order; custom-made
National Tax Agency (Japan); national taxation agency (e.g. IRS)
revenue office; taxation bureau
one's son; you little bastard; you little brat
mouth of a river; lower stream
backdoor admission to a school; backdoor entry to a school; buying one's way into school; bribing one's way into a school
mountain in early spring; mountain that has the appearance of spring
(legally) incorporated educational institution
debt collector; bill collector; repo man
sunny spot; exposure to the sun
ratio of successful applicants; (examination) pass rate
waterfall; (arch.) rapids
(abbr) Harvard (University)
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology; MEXT
Kasumigaseki; district of Tokyo where most of Japan's government ministry offices are located; government ministries (of Japan); Japanese government bureaucracy
competitive entrance examinations for prestigious kindergartens and elementary schools
household search (conducted by the police)
koi-koi (type of hanafuda game); koi koi
important documents; important papers
800,000; eight hundred thousand