to domineer; to throw one's weight around; to lord it (over)
tea dispenser (in office break rooms); tea machine
day use (of a hotel room, etc.)
year-end bonus; bonus salary given at the end of the year
all honors; winning hand consisting only of honor tiles
savings for old age; retirement savings
running quickly; fleeing; doing as one likes
Minister of State for Special Missions; Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy
eponym (person after whom something is named)
evading blame for a transgression by pinning it on a subordinate and abandoning them; (lit.) a skink lizard's shedding of its tail
false statement (misrepresentation) of one's academic career
strawberry field; strawberry patch
benign tumor; benign tumour
large sturdy broad-bladed knife, used in woodcraft and hunting
vasodilation; vasodilatation
adulterous love affair with someone at work
mahjong gambling; playing mahjong for money
atrial fibrillation; auricular fibrillation
termination of employment contract; unfair termination
to pull wires; to pull strings
John Doe; Jane Doe; person unknown
prefectural governor (of Osaka or Kyoto)
collapse of the medical care system; medical care breakdown
lumping together (things or people); treating (everyone) alike; handling indiscriminately; making sweeping generalizations; dealing with (various things) under one head
gathering to remember a dead person; memorial meeting
minor cosmetic surgery; nip and tuck
negative campaign; mudslinging
rotation; revolution; convolution
win worth 16000 points (or, if dealer, 24000 points)
seizure; attachment; foreclosure
snap election; snap general election
acute myocardial infarction; AMI