子

thin person; skinny person

Organization name

Chukyo Women's University

Finance

wait-and-see mood

female genital cutting; female genital mutilation; female circumcision

burying alive beneath stones

Physics

quantum field theory

high polymer chemistry

Organization name

Electro-Technical Laboratory; ETL

silverthorn (species of oleaster, Elaeagnus pungens); thorny elaeagnus; thorny olive

Proverb

the apple doesn't fall far from the tree; like mother, like daughter; like mother, like son

Organization name

Japan Electronic Computer Company

Proverb

like father, like son; a child who does not resemble their parents is a changeling

Botany

spermatophyte; seed plant

child; brat; tomboy

Solomon's seal (Polygonatum falcatum)

positron emission tomography; PET

Proverb

some things can be learned from the young; a fool may give a wise man counsel; to be led across the shallows by the child on one's shoulders

fundamental interaction (i.e. gravitation, electromagnetism, weak interaction, strong interaction)

ultra-fine lattice

pattern of white spots; dapples

Computing

binary operator

medical electronics

electronic mail service; e-mail service; electronic mail system; e-mail system

letter facsimile service operated by Japan Post

Rip van Winkle effect (for a woman); feeling that everything has changed once one comes back to Japan (for a woman)