economic boom created by the Tokyo Olympic Games (1962-1964)
hemiplegia (paralysis on one side of the body)
having no end tiles or honor tiles and pinfu (common pair of melds)
airsoft (war game using air guns firing plastic pellets)
Satsuma and Chōshū (clan alliance)
mahjong gambling; playing mahjong for money
win worth 12000 points (or, if dealer, 18000 points)
chief superintendent (police)
Daihatsu (Japanese automobile manufacturer)
tenpai; fishing (i.e. needing one more tile for completion)
person involved in a gang; person with gangster associations; yakuza member
non career (i.e. civil servants not on track for high-ranking positions)
superintendent supervisor; assistant commissioner (UK, Aus. etc.)
visit; presence; attendance
hung up; hoist; denounced; severely criticised; kangaroo court
rifling marks on a fired bullet
deputy manager; acting manager; acting section chief
retirement at one's own request
static induction transistor; SIT; special investigation team; SIT; special interest tour
nothing new; same as always; an old story; nothing new about it; not the first time it has happened
public power; governmental authority
referral fee; introduction fee
to make a splash; to evoke a response; to meet with a reaction
settlement money; compensation to settle a case out of court
to rise in esteem; to become popular; to rise in value (stocks)
to become decrepit; to be in one's dotage; to become dull; to lose one's astuteness; to lose one's touch; to become senile
senior superintendent; police inspector
airsoft (war game using air guns firing plastic pellets); game of survival