開

virgin soil; uncultivated land

opening the winter hearth

private equity

Sensitive

undeveloped country; third world country

bascule bridge; drawbridge

Organization name

Okinawa Development Finance Corporation; ODFC

evacuating to the homes of one's relatives in the countryside in wartime

first day of cherry blossoms reaching full bloom; first day in which at least 80% of the somei yoshino cherry blossom has opened (in a specific region or place)

Computing

public key cryptosystem

Proverb

even the demons of hell rest during Obon and the New Year

United Nations Development Program; UNDP

Organization name

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

Company name

INPEX (Japanese petroleum company)

privately-held company

Quality Assurance term

involvement of peer groups

application to similar products

grassroots (organization, development, movement)

keratotomy; corneal incision

Computing

multicasting

Company name

Power Reactor and Nuclear Fuel Development Corporation; PNC

publicly traded stock; stock listed on the stock exchange

Director General of Hokkaido Development Agency

least developed country; LDC

Proverb; From Matthew 7:7

knock, and it shall be opened unto you; God answers prayers

Colloquial; Jocular, humorous term

to vomit; to throw up; to spew

start of deployment