noun:

• immersion; dipping; in microscopy, immersing both the objective lens and the specimen in a liquid to increase the numerical aperture; in photolithography, filling the air gap between the final lens and the wafer surface with a liquid to increase the resolution

noun:

• Minister of State for Special Missions; Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy - abbreviation ➜ 内閣府特命担当大臣【ないかくふとくめいたんとうだいじん】

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to fold one's arms; to stand and watch (without interfering)

noun:

• pent-up resentment; grudges and hard feelings

godan ~む verb / expression:

• to win over; to win (someone's) heart and mind

noun:

• unflavored rice porridge; rice porridge made of only white rice and water - Food term ➜ 粥

expression / adjectival noun:

• to be as busy as a bee; like Christmas and a birthday feast rolled into one - idiom

noun:

• fish floss; finely shredded and seasoned fish

noun / ~する noun:

• prostration; placing knees, hands and forehead on the ground to show utmost respect - Buddhism term ➜ 五体投地【ごたいとうち】

noun / ~する noun:

• broken into small fragments; smashed to atoms; fragments and splinters; smithereens

noun:

• Okinawa Reversion Agreement (1971); Agreement between Japan and the United States of America Concerning the Ryukyu Islands and the Daito Islands

expression:

• one should not rush to make a profit; business is best run when sales flow like a cow's drool: long and thin - obscure term

noun:

• true Tokyoite; person born and raised in Edo - Kansai dialect ➜ 江戸っ子

noun:

• cutlery; knife and fork - obsolete term

noun:

• Tokyo near-field earthquake; large-scale earthquake expected to directly hit the Kanto area sometime in the future; also refers to the 1855 and 1894 Edo/Tokyo earthquakes

noun:

• 1932 Theses; Comintern policy documents urging overthrow of Japan's imperial and metayage systems

expression:

• avarice brings doom upon oneself; if a hawk-eagle tries to catch two boars at once, the boars will try to run in opposite directions, splitting the hawk-eagle into two and killing it - proverb

noun:

• Tokyo near-field earthquake; large-scale earthquake expected to directly hit the Kanto area sometime in the future; also refers to the 1855 and 1894 Edo/Tokyo earthquakes

adverb:

• repeatedly; over and over again

noun:

• unlawful trespass; occupying a property and refusing to leave

noun:

• rebreather; provides a breathing gas containing oxygen and recycles exhaled gas

noun:

• mobile website; website oriented to smartphones and tablets - IT term

noun:

• one's wife; one's wife and daughter or daughters

noun:

• yōkan; jellied dessert made from red bean paste, agar, and sugar

noun:

• LaTeX; word processor and document markup language - IT term ➜ テフ