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Japan Electronic Computer Company

dual-residence lifestyle (e.g. one in the city and one in the countryside)

Junior College of Kagawa Nutrition University

Japan Space Utilization Promotion Center

International Academy of Astronautics

hospital bed fully covered by national health insurance

morning sickness (as opposed to certain other forms of illnesses experienced during pregnancy)

Specific insurance Society for the retired

pilgrimage to the Ise Grand Shrine without a travel permit or permission from one's parents or relatives (Edo period)

view that the LDP President and the Prime Minister should be different people

to take someone's life

transferee

Nikko Cordial Corporation (Japanese securities firm)

minimally invasive surgery

Sagawa Express (parcel delivery company)

temporary stay of a daimyo with his retainers and vassals in the Edo domain, under the Sankin-kōtai system during the Edo period

putting on armor and helmet

hemoglobinuria

chain tag (tag variant in which caught players hold hands with the tagger)

Seibundo Shinkosha (publishing company based in Tokyo)

Nihon Ryōiki (Heian-period collection of Buddhist stories)

Dokuganryū Masamune (NHK Taiga drama, 1987)

tag game variant in which a player cannot be tagged if above the ground

Japan Iron & Steel Exporters' Association

Nippon daisy (Nipponanthemum nipponicum)

Act on Penal Detention Facilities and the Treatment of Inmates and Detainees

Special Income Tax for Reconstruction (of areas affected by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami)

Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

Institute of Public Health and Environmental Science (usu. at prefectural or city level)

Scrolls of Frolicking Animals (set of 12th and 13th century picture scrolls)