assimilation district; area targeted for antidiscrimination measures; burakumin area
name given to the lowest rank of the Japanese caste system after its abolition
oil cake (fertilizer made of oily vegetable dregs); deep-fried meat (esp. beef offal) resembling a pork rind
Special Higher Police (1911-1945); police unit controlling political thought and expression
front company (for an organized crime operation)
Leghorn (var. of chicken)
to take by deception; to defraud someone of; to swindle someone out of; to cheat someone out of
newt (esp. the Japanese fire belly newt, Cynops pyrrhogaster)
intellectually disabled person; mentally disabled person
Yamaraja (king of the world of the dead, who judges the dead)
anything and everything; just about everything
chopped burdock root (and sometimes carrot) cooked in sugar and soy sauce
slapping on (stamp, sticker); flopping down
boards covering a ditch (drainage, sewage, etc.); grassroots (e.g. campaign); door-to-door; on the ground
the four inauspicious beasts from Chinese mythology
endless circle of transmigration in the six posthumous worlds
119; ambulance and fire brigade emergency telephone number
to be emaciated; to be nothing but skin and bones
each juncture; each turning point
civil engineering and construction; public works and construction
bed bath; sponge bath; blanket bath; toilet
participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in
to complain; to pester; to plead; to beg
fee paid for space (e.g. for a stall)
intellectual disability; mental disability
purple clouds; clouds on which Amida Buddha rides to welcome the spirits of the dead
person of mixed parentage; crossbreed; Eurasian; hybrid; crossbreed