Meanings

third-rate company director

working dog

active and (first) reserve duty

service in the second reserve

magistrate in charge of finding out and converting hidden Christians (during the Edo period)

watchdog

president and chief executive officer

(playing an) unpopular role

mediator

bureaucratic jargon

bureaucratic jargon

Keichō campaign (1597-98; incl. the second Japanese invasion of Korea in 1597)

first Japanese invasion of Korea (1592-93)

to put to use

working animal

initiator

auditor (Edo period)

scoring combination in a dealt hand that becomes worth more at the end of the game if the player's total score is above 88

points awarded for scoring combinations

scoring combination made with captured cards