[ピーエルきょうだん, pi-eru kyoudan] (n) (See パーフェクトリバティー教団) Church of Perfect Liberty (religious group founded in Japan in 1924)
[トモダチさくせん(トモダチ作戦);ともだちさくせん(友達作戦), tomodachi sakusen ( tomodachi sakusen ); tomodachisakusen ( tomodachi sakusen )] (n) Operation Tomodachi; United States Armed Forces assistance operation to support Japan in disaster relief following the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami
[パーフェクトリバティーきょうだん, pa-fekutoribatei-kyoudan] (n) Church of Perfect Liberty (religious group founded in Japan in 1924)
[いちぞういちげん, ichizouichigen] (n) { Buddh } 16, 800, 000-year period over which a human lifespan increases from ten years to 84, 000 years (by one year per century) and then decreases back to ten (by one year per century)
[おこそずきん, okosozukin] (n) kerchief worn by women in former times in Japan in cold weather, covering the whole head (except eyes)
[こうふくのかがく, koufukunokagaku] (n) Kofuku-no-Kagaku; The Institute for Research in Human Happiness (religion founded in Japan in 1986)
[こうどけいざいせいちょう, koudokeizaiseichou] (n) rapid economic growth (esp. that of Japan in the post-WWII period)
[こくきんたい, kokukintai] (n) (abbr) (See 国際緊急援助隊) Japan International Cooperation Agency; JICA
[こくさいきょうりょくじぎょうだん, kokusaikyouryokujigyoudan] (n) Japan International Cooperation Agency (1974); JICA; (P)
[くろふね, kurofune] (n) (1) black ships (i.e. Western ships, often painted with tar, that came to Japan in the 16th century); (2) product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market, etc.
[しゃだんほうじんじょうほうサービスさんぎょうきょうかい, shadanhoujinjouhou sa-bisu sangyoukyoukai] (n) { comp } JISA; Japan Information Service Industry Association
[すくようどう, sukuyoudou] (n) (See 宿曜) form of astrology based on the Xiuyaojing (brought to Japan in the Heian period)
[にほんこうぎょうきかく, nihonkougyoukikaku] (n) Japan Industrial Standards; JIS
[ばてれん;パテレン;バテレン, bateren ; pateren ; bateren] (n) (1) Portuguese Jesuits (in Japan in the 16th century) (por
[ばんごうけいぞくせい, bangoukeizokusei] (n) (See ナンバーポータビリティー) (mobile phone) number portability (introduced to Japan in October 2005)
[ふじゅりもうしで, fujurimoushide] (n) agreement used to prevent unauthorized or faked divorce by couples in Japan in the future
[となりぐみ, tonarigumi] (n) neighborhood association (established in Japan in 1940); neighbourhood association