15th day of the 1st, 7th and 10th lunar months; heaven, earth and man; January 1; New Year's Day; ternary
arrival of a ship; ship coming into a port
laying out (e.g. ground plan, garden); layout; taking space (Go); obtaining land; training done in one's own stable; (police) legwork
laundering (e.g. of money)
person doing the actual work (as opposed to management)
to sniff around; to snoop around; to nose about
personnel (of public building)
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry; METI
student at the same middle school; graduate of the same middle school
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
Central and South America
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
Japanese national (esp. abroad); fellow countryman
mottled spinefoot (Siganus fuscescens, species of Western Pacific rabbitfish); dusky rabbitfish; sandy spinefoot
(showing) no reaction; non-reaction; straight face
Japanese company (business, firm)
to pose as; to (successfully) impersonate; to pretend to be; to (completely) become; to (fully) turn into
stop bullshitting me; you're fucking kidding me; you're full of shit
roofed mud wall around a villa or temple
opossum shrimp (Mysida spp.); mysid
technological development
concealment; suppression; hiding
shutting oneself in (one's room, etc.); barricading oneself in (a fort, etc.) while being besieged; holing up (in a building)
about when; about what time; how soon