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Company name

Yokogawa Electric

Organization name

Henan University

Organization name

Hebei University of Science & Technology; HEBUST

Organization name

Hebei University of Technology

Organization name

Hebei Normal University

Organization name

Hebei University

Organization name

Surugadai University

Organization name

Osaka Kawasaki Rehabilitation University

Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

Night on the Galactic Railroad (novel by Kenji Miyazawa); Milky Way Railroad

Historical term

Mikawa (former province located in the east of present-day Aichi Prefecture)

Historical term

Suruga (former province located in the central and northern parts of present-day Shizuoka Prefecture)

Historical term

Kawachi (former province located in the east of present-day Osaka Prefecture)

Historical term

form of bondage torture in which the victim is hung from the ceiling with their hands and legs bound behind them and a rock placed on their back (Edo period)

Rare term

Milky Way

Rare term

evening fish market

Rare term

waterway; canal; river

Obsolete term; Astronomy

extragalactic nebula

Rare term

pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis)

Obsolete term; Astronomy

galactic nebula

Rare term

intermittent river; intermittent stream

Rare term

perennial river; perennial stream; permanent river

Historical term

labourer or entertainer of the lowest social rank (in medieval Japan)

Derogatory; Archaic

kabuki actor (Edo period); theatre people

bamboo growing along a river bank

Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambusoides); giant timber bamboo; madake

Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii)

Archaic

prostitute; the life of a prostitute

Derogatory

lowly people (Edo period); eta