Technical Emergency Control Force; TEC-FORCE
water sprinkler truck; street washer
short take-off and landing; STOL
Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act
initiative taken by bureaucrats in the drafting of government policies and bills (rather than by politicians)
Ministry of Home Affairs (1960-2001)
enforcement regulations; regulations relative to the application of a law
legal liquidation; court-mediated winding-up of a company
propriety; fitness; aptitude
neither one thing nor the other; (lit.) too short for a belt, too long for a sleeve tie
movements; behavior; behaviour; bearing; deportment; manners
agricultural revolution; agrarian revolution
seal used for bank transactions
(a) Machiavellian; Machiavellist
rental agreement; rental contract; lease
you're not making any sense; can I have that in Japanese?
island area; insular region
desalination; desalinization
treated wastewater; treated sewage
fields and rice paddies that have been abandoned and are no longer cultivated
public hospital; government hospital; municipal hospital
as long as one's strength lasts
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
government departments; ministries and agencies
adventive species; non-native species; introduced species; alien species
immigration officer; immigration inspector
(coming to an) agreement; consent; mutual understanding; accord; consensus