katakana; angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords
making practical; making useful; implementing
mechanization; mechanisation; computerization
interruption; suspension; break
breakthrough (research, etc.); breach; opening
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
calico (pattern); tortoiseshell-and-white; calico cat; tortoiseshell-and-white cat
to take advantage of; to impose on; to make an entry (in an account book)
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of
halfway; midway; partway; mid-course
computerization; computerisation
plan; scheme; plot; design; project; intention
to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
to have no way of knowing; to be completely ignorant of
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
vessel; ship; shipping; seacraft
Japanese word constructed of elements from one or more English terms; pseudo-English word or phrase coined in Japan; wasei eigo
personal aeroplane; personal airplane
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land
appearance; arrival; make one's appearance
extinction; extermination; eradication; stamping out; wiping out
business; affairs; duties; work; procedure; task
setting oneself free from the life of a white-collar worker; quitting a job as a salaryman and launching an independent business
ear (of a cereal plant); head; point (of a brush, spear, etc.); tip; crest (of a wave); scion (in grafting)
to excuse oneself; to take one's leave; to resign (post); to quit; to decline; to turn down
Tokushima (city, prefecture)
reception room; parlor; parlour
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
to begin to appear; to begin to come in
one's chance; the right time; target; objective
to give up; to admit defeat; to throw in the towel
trial manufacture; experiment; test piece; prototype