putting the officials and bureaucrats above the people; treating the governors as more important than the governed; statism
Mixi (Japanese social networking website)
to take off something (e.g. a pair of shoes) and leave them neatly aligned side by side
ban (from accessing a website, network service, etc.); blocking access
stopping or parking a vehicle
to hit a nerve; to go for the throat; to touch a sore spot
Lotteria (fast food chain)
on such good terms as to know what each other is thinking
off-topic (on an online thread)
businesswoman; female office worker; female employee
picking on somebody smaller than oneself; bullying the weak
mohawk (hairstyle); mohican
hard rubber (e.g. ebonite, vulcanite)
external unit; external device
good evening (greeting, e.g. in emails sent in the evening)
police mobile traffic unit
(car) being run off the road
juvenile prison; juvenile corrective institution
common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair
person involved in a gang; person with gangster associations; yakuza member
real-life friend (as opposed to online friend)
nigirizushi; hand-formed sushi with a topping of seafood, etc.
to suspend from; to be suspended (from)
multi-level marketing; MLM; network marketing; pyramid selling
darling (woman); dear; one's sister; friend
in good taste; tasteful; having good taste; having a cultivated taste
too-good-to-be-true offers (e.g. scams and frauds); too-good-to-be-true stories
pick-up artist; masher; skirt chaser