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Japanese soldierfish (Ostichthys japonicus)

Finance

foreign stock ownership ratio; foreign stockholding ratio

proportional representation system in which both party and individual votes are cast, seats are distributed amongst parties by proportion of vote obtained, and candidates are elected in descending order of number of votes obtained

Computing

signal-to-noise ratio

Proverb

a wise man keeps wide company; a fool joins a clique

Beyrich's slit shell (species of sea snail, Pleurotomaria beyrichii)

pixel aspect ratio

Anatomy

soleus muscle

Historical term

chief trader (of the Dutch trading post at Dejima)

Historical term

captain (of a European ship; Edo period)

Mythology

Yomotsu Hirasaka (slope that leads to the land of the dead)

Historical term

brownish red (traditional Japanese color name)

Historical term

female servant hired to take the blame for a noblewoman's farts

Historical term

female servant hired to take the blame for a noblewoman's misdemeanours and farts

Rare term

stripping ratio