withdrawal of loan credit (e.g. by a bank); retraction of credit; insistence on repayment
unification; bringing together; generalization; control; supervision
during pregnancy; while pregnant
additional collection; additional imposition; surcharge; forfeit; penalty
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
economic problem; financial problem
tax inspection division; tax inspector; tax dick; tax inspection
compulsory inspection; compulsory search
Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau
chief examiner or investigator
being projected to win; being certain to be elected; being sure of being elected
return current; convection; reflux
public relations department (section, office)
deputy section or department manager
last business day of the year
revenue office; taxation bureau
right to arrest; power of arrest
single amount (of money); one-off payment; lump sum; bonus
retirement at one's own request
simplified receipt with a blank line to be filled out with the customer's name (used specifically for claiming expenses); hand-written receipt
Kasumigaseki; district of Tokyo where most of Japan's government ministry offices are located; government ministries (of Japan); Japanese government bureaucracy
street oratory; soapbox speech
seizure; attachment; foreclosure
middle of the road; centrism; the middle (of what one is doing); half-way; middle way; middle path
coward; namby-pamby; wimp; weak-kneed person; spineless person