train ticket printed on thick paper
sea god; Poseidon; Neptune
steamed bun shaped like a maple leaf
chase; pursuit; chase scene (in a movie); obsessive fan who follows a celebrity around; groupie; in (quick) succession
narrow-gauge railway; light railway
train buff; railway enthusiast; trainspotter; railfan
business school (in a university); faculty of commerce
crane and tortoise (symbol of longevity, artistic motif)
benevolent rule; moratorium on debts
evading blame for a transgression by pinning it on a subordinate and abandoning them; (lit.) a skink lizard's shedding of its tail
answer a roll call for another
beef tongue (a specialty of Sendai); ox tongue
to make a phone call; to answer the phone
cannot do without something; indispensable; absolutely necessary; have to do
paying; remunerative; advantageous; profitable
phone scam involving calls from pretended relatives in distress
800,000; eight hundred thousand
introduction; outline; general remarks
severe; intense; awe-inspiring; biting; bitter (cold); piercing
to be encouraged by initial success; to get a taste for; to yearn for more
number-withheld phone calls
taking a class; studying a subject; completing a course
one after another; in succession
detention pending trial; confinement; custody
proclamation; official notice; touch; contact
mountain river; mountain stream
solicitude; consideration; concern; (excessive) kindness
serious crime; grave crime
to take by deception; to defraud someone of; to swindle someone out of; to cheat someone out of
District Public Prosecutor's Office