Mr. Yoshimoto dies at an office party with a face drawn around his stomach and a necktie on his head. As his spirit visits his funeral, he realizes as he listens in on conversations just how poor a father and husband he was. Soon he realizes that his wife may have fallen in love with a handsome co-worker, due to his lack of attention when he was still alive.
A necktie on the head is the Japanese equivalent of wearing a lampshade on one's head when you're drunk.
Held as soon as possible after death, a Japanese wake is called tsuya (通夜), lit. "passing the night". all funeral guests wear black: men wear black suits with white shirts and black ties, and women wear either black dresses or black kimono. If the deceased was an adherent to Buddhism, a set of prayer beads called juzu (数珠) may be carried by the guests. People attending the wake or funeral offer condolence money to the host/hostess, in special black-and-silver envelopes (bushūgibukuro (不祝儀袋, 'packet for anti-celebration') or kōdenbukuro (香典袋, 'packet for Buddhist incense offering'). Depending on the relationship to the deceased and the wealth of the guest, the amount may be equivalent to between 3,000 and 30,000 yen. The guests are seated, with immediate relatives seated closest to the front. The Buddhist priest then chants a section from a sutra. The family members will each offer incense three times to the incense urn in front of the deceased. At the same time, the assembled guests will perform the same ritual at another location behind the family members' seats. The wake ends once the priest has completed the sutra. Each departing guest is given a gift, which has a value of about half or one quarter of the condolence money received from this guest. The closest relatives may stay and keep vigil with the deceased overnight in the same room.
Kachou (課長) are just below buchou in a corporate hierarchy. They are the chiefs of every subsection within departments. In order to become a kachou, you usually need 15 years or more of dedication to the company.
"Mom could you record SMAPxSMAP for me?" - SMAP×SMAP, often referred to simply as Sma-Sma, was a Japanese television variety show hosted by boy band SMAP. Debuting on April 15, 1996, it was produced by Kansai TV and Fuji TV and aired on Fuji TV every Monday from 10:00 p.m. to 10:54 p.m. until it ended on December 26, 2016.
"Master!?" - Master (マスター) is a common term for a manager of a cafe or bar in Japan. One could also call them a "barkeep" or "manager".
