Minister of Labor (Labour)
bureaucratic jargon; officialese; gobbledygook
something intended as a lie or joke which (by chance) ends up being true; lie turned truth
young person who stays in their (non-metropolitan) hometown after graduation and drives a car (unlike those who move to a larger city and commute by train); semi-delinquent suburbanite
catch and release (fishing)
weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
(one's) work performance; performance record; service record
attachment; annexation; addendum; appendix
gloominess; gloom; questionable; unfair; underhand
group discount (rate, reduction)
Minister of Finances; Minister for the Economy
physical punishment; beating; smacking; severe scolding; chastisement; discipline
drinking at home (as opposed to going out)
multicolumn layout; column setting
local cuisine; local delicacy; popular food from a particular area
to talk big; to be bombastic
time of setting (sun, moon, etc.)
job description; job specification; job content
general policy speech; speech held by the Prime Minister of Japan at the start of a special or extraordinary Diet session
opening of a new theater (theatre)
burning off a field (in early spring)
to make somebody lose face; to embarrass someone; to make someone look foolish
accounting; (the) accounting process; account processing
tourist information center; tourist information centre
at the point of death; almost dead; about to die; at some limit (pain, hunger, etc.)
double-checking (trans: double-check); countercheck
Kofun period (of Japanese history, 250-538 CE); Tumulus period
turning a movie, comic, etc. into a (computer) game; gamification
soroban bead with value one
business-to-business; inter-business; inter-enterprise; B2B
busybody; meddler; nosey parker
to bury the hatchet; to make up; to be reconciled; to be reunited (e.g. couple); to be reinstated
to reveal by washing the surface; to expose by washing away dirt, earth, etc.; to discover (by investigation); to bring to light; to start washing