government worker; public servant; civil servant
(Japanese) Public Security Intelligence Agency
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
temporary transfer (of an employee); secondment; relocation; proceeding to; leaving for
to insist on one's own ideas; to have one's own way
drawing pictures; painting pictures; taking photographs
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
unprecedented; record-breaking
wearing one's hair in braids
fifth court rank; black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax); night heron; five ranks; five stages
primula (any flower of genus Primula, which includes primroses, cowslips and cyclamens)
under the orders of; by order (command)
medicine man; shaman; faith healer; witch doctor; exorcist
prostrating oneself; kowtowing; going down on one's knees
for some reason or other; somehow; whatsitsname; what-you-call-it; and so on; and you know the rest
private; confidential; informal; secret; (within the) family circle; (on the) inside
please; kindly; I beg of you; by all means; without fail
this (is) again; really; so; extremely
to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to feel pain
according to; reads; reading; is written; says; states
prefecture (Japan); county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (France); province (Italy, Spain, etc.)
mountain forest; forest on a mountain; montane forest; mountains and forest
fighting stance; fighting pose
Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); green onion; spring onion
instant noodles sold in a cup; cup noodles