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Whoopi

1

Shiomi Park

1

changing (job, career, lifestyle, social position, beliefs, etc.)

1

Tsuneo

3

Sankara; Sankhala

1

Sachiyo

1

urban development

1

decentralization of power; decentralisation of power

1

villainous face

1

estrangement; alienation

1

eye discharge; eye mucus; sleep

1

welcome

1

Mango pudding

1

police affairs department; police headquarters department which handles human resources, finance, etc.

1

shit for brains

1

house search (e.g. by the police)

1

police affairs; military police

1

prefectural assembly member

3

dish made with pork belly and bones, simmered with miso, sake, vegetables, etc. (from Kagoshima)

1

appearing with one's (full) name; showing one's name (on a nameplate, etc.)

1

Asuka

1

ringtone; ring tone; ringback tone; ringing tone

1

Kanako

1

Chinese restaurant

1

citizen of a prefecture; prefectural citizen

1

prefectural governor

2

nasal discharge; nasal mucus; snot; booger; bogey

1

six of one, half a dozen of the other; scant difference

1

at the height of one's power or influence; at the peak of one's popularity

1

something-something (e.g. platitudes, waffling); yada yada; so-and-so

2

blocking communications (from a phone number or an e-mail address)

1

development project (program, programme, plan)

1

accepting bribes; corruption; graft

1

office workers; office staff; clerical staff

1

to conspire; to act in collusion; to be hand-in-glove

1

large bird; peng (in Chinese mythology, giant bird said to transform from a fish); fenghuang (Chinese phoenix)

1

shark fin

2

passing shower

9

flight; escape; running away; flying high

1

large-size refuse (e.g. furniture, electrical goods); oversized garbage; bulky rubbish; useless man about the house; husband who is retired and considered a nuisance

1

Swords and Firearms Control Law (1958)

1

Chinatown

1

to crack down on (e.g. crime, corruption); to deal a crushing blow to; to bring down the hammer on

1

idealism

1

Reiko

5

Koller

1

to fill one's own pocket by taking advantage of a position

1

(of a woman) strong-minded; spirited; mannish

1

eternity; permanence; perpetuity

1

whirr; hum; buzz; whoosh; woosh; whiz

1