Hackman; Hackmann; Huckmann
hit-and-run accident causing property damage
drug cartel; drug ring; drug syndicate
Oriental country; the Orient
eastern office (esp. police); eastern department
children's house; child welfare residential facility
namahage; folklore demon of the Oga Peninsula (people dress up as them on New Year's Eve to admonish children)
exchanging business cards
to dent; to indent; to depress; to humiliate
sensible; perceptive; quick to understand; understanding; sympathetic
baby carriage; perambulator; pram
eleventh month of the lunar calendar
upper; upward; outer; surface; top
spiritual; religious song; spiritual
brokerage; brokerage firm; broking house; securities company
consolation money; compensation for breaking off relations (e.g. with a mistress); settlement
order picking (taking goods from a warehouse to fulfil customer orders); lock picking; picking (a guitar, banjo, etc.)
Hyūga (former province located in present-day Miyazaki Prefecture); Hyūga (city)
I'm sorry to have kept you waiting
flustered; flurried; (shocked) speechless
police identification card
mixture of bean jam, boiled beans, agar cubes, fruit pieces and syrup
hollow; cavity; dent; depression
goalkeeper; keeper; goalie
single-mother household; fatherless family
old maid (card game); living without one's mother-in-law