外

In Zen Buddhism

Buddhist revelation through intuitive discernment; spiritual awakening cannot be experienced with words and letters; spiritual enlightenment can be attained only by means of communion of mind with mind

dollar diplomacy

Business; Economics

offshoring; overseas transfer (esp. of production)

also-ran; non-winner

Medicine

epidural anaesthesia; epidural anesthesia

introduced species (esp. invasive species as defined by law)

infrared photography

outside (a table, list, etc.)

non-jōyō (kanji or reading)

near infrared ray; near infrared radiation

foreign residents

hired foreigner; foreign advisor hired by the Japanese government for their specialized knowledge to assist in the modernization of Japan at the end of the Bakufu and during the Meiji Era

suburban life; life in the suburbs

Organization name

Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan

to be out of focus

to be off the point; to not have got the point

economic diplomacy

disappointment; letdown

indoor and outdoor

overseas reporting; covering a story abroad

absurd; unreasonable; out of the question; preposterous

exemption (e.g. from application of a law); exclusion

Astronomy

exoplanet; extrasolar planet

automated external defibrillator; AED

outside the Cabinet

undesirable alien