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basic research

1

Tohoku University

7

Juurou

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Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (1871-2001)

1

pressure; encouragement; urging; promoting

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Sendai (city in Miyagi)

4

brand name; trade name; product name

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communications laboratory

2

to take more time than expected; to take a long time; to be delayed

4

just before one's eyes; in one's presence; personally

2

one field; a division; a branch (e.g. of study, etc.)

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(former) Ministry of International Trade and Industry (now Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry); MITI

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Electro-Technical Laboratory; ETL

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promotion; encouragement

3

electronics industry

2

PR; public relations

5

opening (of a new office, facility, etc.)

2

to carry over; to carry forward; to keep (for later); to defer

2

international; worldwide; cross-border; cosmopolitan

3

stage made of Japanese cypress (in noh, kabuki, etc.); the limelight; the big stage; the big time

1

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization; UNESCO

1

international conference

2

staying up all night

2

tightrope walking; high-wire act; funambulism; treading a tightrope; walking on thin ice; pulling a risky balancing act

2

exhibiting; showing; putting on display; putting up for sale; entering (a work into a competition); submitting

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Toshihide

1

to confute; to argue down; to persuade; to convince; to prevail on

1

twenty-six

1

to grow hot (e.g. water); to boil; to get excited (at); to erupt (in applause, cheering, etc.); to ferment; to melt (of metal)

1

plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick

3

workforce reduction; personnel cut

1

to hang (hold) back; to hold off; to refrain; to jot down a note

1

ultrahigh frequency; UHF; ultrashort waves

2

microwave

1

multiple; multiplex

1

flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda

1

to base something on; to make something the basis

5

training period; residency (esp. medical); internship

1

leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase

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Aomori (city, prefecture)

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Hakodate (city in Hokkaido)

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multi-

3

producer's price; PP; polypropylene; PP

2

phase

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modulation

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communications equipment; terminal; communications device

1

opening (of a new road, railway, etc.); going into operation (e.g. telephone communication); beginning services; reopening (e.g. a road to traffic); resumption of services

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pulmonary tuberculosis; consumption

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recuperation; medical treatment

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Tohoku Electric Power

1