post-traumatic stress disorder; PTSD
National Center Test for University Admissions
phone scam involving calls from pretended relatives in distress
board of directors; board of directors' meeting
full payment; liquidation
examination hall; examination room; laboratory; experimental station; testing ground
god of death; death deity; Death
to play a dirty trick; to use underhanded methods; to hit below the belt; to play false
stop bullshitting me; you're fucking kidding me; you're full of shit
hemp; cannabis; marijuana; Shinto paper offerings
numbered tag; numbered ticket
text; provisions (act, treaty)
legal adviser; legal advisor; corporation lawyer; family lawyer
enticement; inducement; attraction
Swords and Firearms Control Law (1958)
control; management; supervision
clincher; pick-up line; honeyed phrase; telling phrase; phrase that brings someone around, esp. in personal relationships
ironist; sarcastic person; sharp tongue; satirist
bedridden; confined to bed
to fling; to toss; to throw; to abandon; to leave behind
law department; law school
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
self-satisfied look; triumphant look; smug face; shit-eating grin
before the week is out; before the week is over; within the week; sometime this week
arrival chime (of an elevator, train, etc.)
to sheathe one's sword; to lay down arms; to bury the hatchet
vice-chief; vice-director; assistant director; deputy manager
pretext for not revealing something (e.g. actual reason for one's failure, vested interest, etc.)