John F. Kennedy School of Government
International Finance Bureau
exposure; disclosure; exposé; revelation
social ease (facility, skills); being a good mixer
voluntary insurance; optional insurance; extra insurance; vehicle insurance in addition to the basic mandatory insurance
(abbr) Harvard University
assistant language teacher; ALT; foreign national serving as an assistant teacher of English in a Japanese classroom; alanine aminotransferase; ALT
half-sibling (with a different father)
page in the history books; historical (event); old news
to make a road; to give an elementary lesson
administration (of medicine)
clear profit; net income; net profit
villus (intestinal or chorionic); soft hair
canteen; flask; water bottle; thermos
one sen; one-hundredth of a yen; small amount of money
sliding safely; just making it; being just on time
to correct cutting; to reshuffle (playing cards)
matchmaking; acting as a go-between
(man's) father-in-law; father of one's wife
Arcadia, presided over by a virtuous king
chairman of executive council (usu. of a party); chairman of the general affairs committee
anything and everything; just about everything
Shinto rites; Shinto style
All-Campus Joint Struggle League; student group active at universities throughout Japan between 1968 and 1969
to be recognized (by someone of higher status); to be noticed; to get attention
assize; court; legislature
permanent edition; timeless edition; collector's version; only issue of non-regularly printed magazine or mook
early-morning and late-night visits (e.g. by reporters); early-morning and late-night attacks
enquiry; inquiry; query; interrogation; ENQ
to ruin one's reputation in later life; to tarnish one's twilight years
red gate (esp. at Tokyo University)
neurology; neurology department
seesaw game; back-and-forth match; match in which the lead changes hands several times