15th day of the 1st, 7th and 10th lunar months; heaven, earth and man; January 1; New Year's Day; ternary
the Five Lakes of Mt. Fuji
chief investigator; head of the investigation; lead investigator
place of (new) post; (new) place of appointment
harmful side effects of a medicine or drug
laundering (e.g. of money)
ministry proper; home office; head office; this ministry; this department
remote place; backcountry; the sticks; hinterland
personnel (of public building)
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry; METI
N-system (automatic number-plate recognition system)
2008 financial crisis; global financial crisis; GFC
non-Japanese of Japanese descent; nikkeijin
suicide by throwing oneself to one's death; leaping to one's death
Central and South America
top (of a flight of stairs); exit involving a descent (e.g. from a bus)
mottled spinefoot (Siganus fuscescens, species of Western Pacific rabbitfish); dusky rabbitfish; sandy spinefoot
grandstand play; grandstanding; showboating; showing off
career track; promotional track; fast track; upward mobility
to pose as; to (successfully) impersonate; to pretend to be; to (completely) become; to (fully) turn into
roofed mud wall around a villa or temple
in the belly; in one's heart of hearts
opossum shrimp (Mysida spp.); mysid
shutting oneself in (one's room, etc.); barricading oneself in (a fort, etc.) while being besieged; holing up (in a building)
police identification card
Japan and the Philippines