安

very auspicious day for all types of occasions (one of the six special days in the Japanese lunisolar calendar)

Kōan era (1278.2.29-1288.4.28)

Baseball

infield hit

cowrie (esp. the chocolate cowrie, Mauritia mauritiana); cowry

recognition and guarantee, by the shogunate, of ownership of the inherited estate of a samurai who pledged allegiance to it (in the Kamakura and early Muromachi periods)

appreciation of the yen against the (American) dollar

safety division (e.g. of the police); security division; public peace department

Japan Transport Safety Board; JTSB

Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency; NISA

Public Security Intelligence Agency

low-cost carrier; LCC; low-cost airline

National Public Safety Commission

anti-anxiety agent; anti-anxiety drug

Abbreviation

Public Employment Security Office

railway police

food safety; food security

affordable; economical

recreational get-together

late Heian period

cheapest; least expensive; lowest-price

anxiety disorder

worry (uncertainty, uneasiness, insecurity) about one's life (future)

(period of) low stock prices; falling stock prices

Abbreviation

Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the United States and Japan