海

whelk egg case; egg capsule of a gastropod

Organization name

Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology; JAMSTEC

submarine topography

seabed probe; probe of the ocean floor; submarine prospecting

spongiform; spongelike; spongy

(US) Navy SEALs

maritime customs taxes

overseas reporting; covering a story abroad

plateau

ocean basin

Usu. 御海恕, ご海恕 in letters

magnanimity; forgiveness; generosity

Food, cooking

Hainanese chicken rice

marine transportation routes

Idiomatic expression

neither fish nor fowl; hard to predict; up in the air; unclear

land-locked prefecture

imperial navy order

cape; headland; promontory

submarine telegraphy

seamen's union

maritime insurance

sea lily; crinoid

totally useless (fruitless) effort; wasting time on an impossible task (like trying to scoop up a reflected moon from the bottom of the sea)

depth of the sea

white squill (Urginea maritima); sea onion