dried small sardines, etc. used to make fish stock; person in bank transfer scam whose role it is to withdraw the cash
Ginza (shopping district in Tokyo)
development; revitalization; standing (something) up; waking up; tilling a rice field; drawing a card from the draw pile
free trial (e.g. of software, game, etc.)
Okamoto Tarou (1911.2.26-1996.1.7)
floating ball of fire (said to be the soul of a dead person); meteor; shooting star
war photographer; combat cameraman
salon where people go to get makeovers, massages, facials, etc.; beauty salon
to sniff around; to snoop around; to nose about
next number (magazine, etc.); next issue
advance payment; advance delivery
industry terminology; professional jargon; buzzword
Japanese plum (Prunus salicina); Chinese plum
elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy
(security) deposit; caution money
junior high school graduate; middle school graduate
anything and everything; all sorts of things; by all means
phone scam involving calls from pretended relatives in distress
beach; seashore; captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
useful thing; usable article
to strip; to peel; to tear off
800,000; eight hundred thousand
to be rich in; to abound in; to be abundant in; to be rich; to be wealthy
hidden camera; spy camera
dad; daddy; papa; pa; pop
opossum shrimp (Mysida spp.); mysid
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
money (given as thanks); reward money; fee; key money; fee paid for rental rights
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
to take by deception; to defraud someone of; to swindle someone out of; to cheat someone out of
to conceal (oneself); to hide; to abscond; to deceive; to dissemble; to fool
suddenly; all of a sudden; abruptly