Meanings

patch

binding inheritance principle

unmixed-in lump of flour

step-parent

flange fitting

pipe joint

transit (passenger)

transit network (telecommunications, networking)

stopping point

perseverance makes one stronger

(Japanese) imperial succession

day and night

carrying over a bill from one Diet session to the next, being deliberated by a committee in the interim

principle holding that any matters left unresolved at the end of one Diet session are not to be carried over to the next

business continuity plan

(one's) step-parents

gooseneck tenon and mortise joint

(mobile phone) number portability (introduced to Japan in October 2005)

continuity

War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714)