always do things by the book; inflexible to changes or new ways of doing things

person who talks constantly about his profession or usage of jargons (idiom)

ATV Home, one of the channels in Asia Television Network in Hong Kong

heartless; ungrateful (spoken)

live off one's past success

to gain back the cost

The basic national policy

Infrastructure; capital coinstruction

Basal transcriptional factor

Great Japanese Empire

Every family has their issues

Small businesses

noun; Brisbane, a city in Australia

Zhang Ben, name of a politician in the Ming Dynasty

script (for a film / a play etc); the most successful repertoire

a copy

Japanese men

Japanese anime

Japan

the Japan Democratic Party

Japan Airlines Company

Japanese (language)

Japanese Sake; Japanese rice wine

(adverb) initial

nativism

(noun) top local students

Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

(noun) local cuisine; or (slang) local girls

the expression that local goods or people are often underestimated compared to imported goods or people

(noun) locals