Graduate School of Science
monster customer; very demanding customer
postdoc; postdoctoral fellow; postdoctoral researcher
man who enjoys child rearing
keeping (something) secret
national research and development agency
floating lanterns or offerings for the spirits of the deceased
not included (in a compilation, album, etc.)
maternity blues; post-natal depression; post-partum blues
robbery and murder; murder during robbery
seal over the edges of adjacent sheets; tally impression
large size (paper, book, etc.); ōban; large oval gold coin used in the Edo period
employment en masse (esp. of middle and high school graduates from the rural districts during Japan's post-war economic boom)
flophouse area; flophouse district; flophouse quarter
fashionable thing; popular thing; craze
temple (esp. large one); monastery; temple building
preliminary conditions; initial conditions; state of preparations for (before) an event
bubble economy (of Japan, 1986-1991)
koban; small oval gold coin used in the Edo period; oval; elliptical; small size (of paper)
desire for money for one's enjoyment (as an alleged motive for theft, fraud, etc.)
public lodging house; simple lodging (including pensions, private lodging and capsule hotels)
to hear; to imbibe; to drink
ticket; token; label; tag; sign; card; playing card
prime contract work; prime contractor
illegal donation; secret contribution
Fukurokuju; god of happiness, prosperity and long life
paper store; paper merchant; paper seller; papermaking; papermaker
domestic wastewater; household effluent