Minister of State for Special Missions; Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy
room for breast-feeding; nursing room
Satsuma and Chōshū (clan alliance)
Daihatsu (Japanese automobile manufacturer)
cruel and heartless; merciless; implacable; cold-blooded
distrust of politics; political uncertainty
Cabinet Information Research Office
National Public Safety Commission
helping a long-term employee to establish a branch of the same shop
V-shaped recovery; sharp recovery
kanji "water" radical (radical 85)
Cabinet Information Research Office
My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!
becoming employed by a government office, agency, board, etc.
cloistered rule; government by cloistered emperors
moral harassment; workplace mobbing; workplace bullying; psychological harassment at the workplace
police affairs department; police headquarters department which handles human resources, finance, etc.
marijuana; marihuana; cannabis; hemp; pot
rental house; rental housing; house to let
rehabilitation facilities; halfway house
infancy; childish; infantile; immature
human-interest article; page-three news; police news
to be a match for; to rival; to be equal to
fabric (pattern) of human relationships
being entrusted with; taking charge of
job (responsibility) of a section
couple who only go through the motions of being husband and wife
the present regime; the existing regime
good offices; auspices; sponsorship; village official (during the Edo period)
Public Safety Bureau (of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department); Special Branch (police); Ministry of Public Security (China)
senior superintendent; police inspector
just person; man of justice; righteous person; upright person
to pay with one's own money; to pay out of one's own pocket