loan shark; high-interest consumer finance firm
to abridge; to shorten; to economize
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)
one's son; you little bastard; you little brat
mouth of a river; lower stream
(legally) incorporated educational institution
debt collector; bill collector; repo man
ratio of successful applicants; (examination) pass rate
(abbr) Harvard (University)
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology; MEXT
household search (conducted by the police)
koi-koi (type of hanafuda game); koi koi
important documents; important papers
800,000; eight hundred thousand
prison sentence (without a stay of execution)
tax counsellor; tax counselor; licensed tax accountant
premises search; household search
tip-off (to the authorities); information (on); anonymous report
one by one; thoroughly; exhaustively; with a fine-tooth comb
cultivation of aesthetic sensibility; education in good taste
consolation money; compensation for breaking off relations (e.g. with a mistress); settlement
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