15th day of the 1st, 7th and 10th lunar months; heaven, earth and man; January 1; New Year's Day; ternary
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)
remote place; backcountry; the sticks; hinterland
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry; METI
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
top (of a flight of stairs); exit involving a descent (e.g. from a bus)
grandstand play; grandstanding; showboating; showing off
career track; promotional track; fast track; upward mobility
in the belly; in one's heart of hearts
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
written explanation; written apology
to re-examine; to review; to recheck
tourist attraction; sight-seeing area
autopsy; inquest; investigation of death
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
one by one; thoroughly; exhaustively; with a fine-tooth comb
heavenly king; Gozu Tenno (deity said to be the Indian god Gavagriva)
production output; number of goods manufactured
inquiry; enquiry; query; reference
extended-play (record); EP; European plan; European Parliament