pirate; sea robber; buccaneer; freebooter
foreign; abroad; overseas
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
sea level; (surface of) sea
bottom of the ocean; seafloor; seabed; undersea; submarine
on the sea; surface of the sea
(sea) voyage; navigation; sailing; passage; cruise
sea of trees; broad expanse of dense woodland; abundant leafage
deep sea; depths of the sea; ocean depths
beach; seashore; seaside; coast
ocean; large sea; fabric pattern
sea god; Poseidon; Neptune; sea; ocean
swimming in the ocean; sea bathing; seawater bath; going for a dip in the ocean
coastline; shoreline; coastal railway
Tokaido (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)
(Russian) maritime provinces
channel (e.g. between two land masses); strait
region south of Tokyo on Pacific Ocean side of Japan; eastern sea; East Sea (Korean name for Sea of Japan)
Mediterranean Sea; Mediterranean sea (oceanography)
trip abroad; overseas travel
trunks; shorts (e.g. seaside use)
Marine Corps; Royal Marines
coastal waters; adjacent seas
swimming area (in the ocean); swimming beach; seawater baths
human-wave tactics; throwing people at a problem
marine plant; seagrass; seaweed
flowering crab apple (Malus halliana); Kaido crab apple (Malus micromalus); Chinese flowering apple (Malus spectabilis); Siberian crab apple (Malus baccata); aronia (flower)
Seto Inland Sea; Inland Sea
maritime; marine transportation
beachfront park; park by the sea
coastal; seaside; oceanfront; maritime
northern sea; North Sea; Hokkaido
artificial island city; floating city
tidal bore; eagre; rumbling noise that accompanies a tidal bore; tsunami; tidal wave
seahorse; sea horse; hippocampus; walrus
lower-grade officer rank (JMSDF)
cavernous body; body of (genital) erectile tissue (incl. corpus cavernosum and corpus spongiosum)
sea sand (sand collected from the ocean floor, as opposed to that which is used as an ingredient in concrete)
studying abroad; studying overseas
coast; shore; inshore; coastal waters
Age of Discovery; Age of Exploration
Maritime Self Defense Forces (Defence)
Japan Coast Guard (formerly Maritime Safety Agency)
higher-grade officer rank (JMSDF)
overseas assignment; overseas posting
land, sea, and air; army, navy and air force
cuisine with fresh seafoods
chief navigator; navigating officer; navigator; sailing master
accident at sea; maritime accident
marine life; marine organism
first mate; first officer
marine product; marine (e.g. product, animal etc.)
pirated edition; pirated version; bootleg copy
the whole world; the seven seas
control of the sea; command of the sea
pirate flag; black flag; Jolly Roger
below sea level; undersea; beneath the waves
sea cucumber (Holothuroidea spp.)
blue sea; blue expanse of water
shipping industry; marine transport
Maritime Self-Defense Force
sea level rise; rise in sea level
Mariana Trench (deepest part of the ocean, near the Mariana Islands)
seamanship; (the art of) navigation
sea of people; (very large) crowd of people
oceanic noise; rumbling of the sea; mistpouffer
land and sea; army and navy
coastal defense; coastal defence
accident at sea; sea disaster; shipwreck
all sorts of delicacies; various unusual foods; sumptuous feast
advance (e.g. of Japanese exports) into overseas markets
island in the southern sea (esp. Shikoku)
Kanmon Straits (between Honshu and Kyushu)
marine traffic; sea traffic
Tokai region of Honshu (incl. Aichi, Shizuoka, Mie and southern Gifu prefectures)
undersea cable; submarine cable
ocean fish; saltwater fish
true seal (animal); earless seal
overseas deployment (e.g. military forces); overseas expansion (e.g. business operations)
sweeping the sea for mines; dragging for mines
international trade; foreign trade; overseas trade
foreign voyage; travelling overseas; travelling abroad
Battle of Midway (June 1942)
marine transport; carriage by sea
fifty-three stations on the Tōkaidō (Edo-Kyoto highway in Edo-period Japan)
Saikaidō (alt. name for the Kyūshū region)
overseas inspection; tour of inspection abroad
second mate; second officer
marines (former Japanese Navy)
seafood hot pot; seafood stew
high seas; international waters
naval arsenal; naval shipyard
Nankaidō (alt. name for the Shikoku region)
living abroad; life overseas
hardy begonia (Begonia grandis)
deeply indented coastline; rias coastline
third mate; third officer
intrusion into territorial waters; violation of territorial waters
south coast; southern shore
harbor; entrance to a harbor
Naval Battle off Malaya (December 10, 1941)
sea rescue; air-sea rescue; ASR
deep ocean water; deep-sea water
Imperial Japanese Navy (1872-1945)
good things come to those who wait; (lit.) if you wait, there will come a fine day for taking the sea route
the frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean
foreign company; overseas enterprise; overseas firm
overseas territory; overseas possession
ban on maritime activities during China's Ming and Qing dynasties
sound of the sea; sound of the waves; sound of massed chanting of sutras, etc.
overseas (a foreign) market
offshoring; overseas transfer (esp. of production)
naval brigade; naval land forces
marine pollution; oceanic pollution; sea pollution
sea air; sea breeze; ocean and atmosphere; type of yarn-dyed silk goods
nautical table; sailing chart
Navigation Acts (regulations of colonial trade in 17th century England)
breakwater; coast battery
Ivory Coast; Côte d'Ivoire
walrus (Odobenus rosmarus); elephant seal (Mirounga spp.)
the open sky and the serene sea; as open as the sky and serene as the sea; magnanimous
seabed probe; probe of the ocean floor; submarine prospecting
overseas reporting; covering a story abroad
corpus cavernosum penis; cavernous body of penis
sea of suffering; human realm
spongiform; spongelike; spongy
Vice-Admiral (Maritime Self-Defence Force of Japan) (defense)
marine transportation routes
Battle of the Philippine Sea (June 19-20, 1944)
treaty of commerce and navigation
cape; headland; promontory
magnanimity; forgiveness; generosity
Battle of Leyte Gulf (October 23-25, 1944)
Tokai earthquake (e.g. of 1498, 1605, 1707 and 1854)
China Coast Guard; maritime security; coast guard
totally useless (fruitless) effort; wasting time on an impossible task (like trying to scoop up a reflected moon from the bottom of the sea)
marine; maritime; oceanic; oceanity
undersea cable (communications, power); submarine cable
Hokkaido dog; dog breed native to Hokkaido
goldfish with a shrimp-like tail; head of a shamisen or lute (bent back like a shrimp's tail)
(ocean) deep; deepest part of a trench
pirated CD, DVD, etc.; bootleg (recording)
unparalleled in the whole country
marine meteorological observatory
Japan Current; Kuroshio Current
marine west coast climate
underwater observation tower
Nankai megathrust earthquake
Tonankai earthquake of 1944
law of the sea; maritime law
marine industries; maritime industry
surrounding seas; surrounded by the sea
UN Convention on the Law of the Sea
bovine spongiform encephalopathy; BSE; mad cow disease
submarine valley; submarine canyon
Director General of Hokkaido Development Agency
sea animal; marine animal
Okhotsk anticyclone; Okhotsk high
Maritime Traffic Safety Act (1973)
Nankai megathrust earthquake
overseas representative; expatriate employee; expatriate staff
overseas department (administrative division of France)
treaty of friendship, commerce and navigation
lieutenant-commander (JMSDF)
abyssal plain (2,200-5,500m)
people in the whole world being all brothers; universal brotherhood
seamen's competency certificate
sea-run variety (of fish)
marine accident inquiry; marine accident enquiry
oceanographic observation
the world is a scene of constant changes (as a mulberry field changing into a blue sea)
Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund
a drop in the ocean (bucket)
(Japanese) children living overseas
imperial navy order (detailed)
drop in the bucket; drop in the ocean; (lit.) one grain of millet in a vast ocean
a drop in the ocean (bucket)
maritime judicial scrivener; marine procedure commission agent
coastal climate; littoral climate
marine biology; biological oceanography
naval militia; maritime militia
marine biogeographic region
military police brigade (navy)
International Maritime Organization (Organisation); IMO
overseas travel life insurance
Oceanic Anoxic Event; Ocean Anoxic Event; OAE
trans-Neptunian object; transneptunian object; TNO
Act on Preventing Collisions at Sea (1892)
mid-ocean ridge; midocean ridge
sea level change; eustatic change
expanding abroad; tapping overseas markets
world of tathata; (fig.) the pure and absolute truth of the tathata is as wide as the sea
reduction (of pressure) to mean sea level
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
Sino-Japanese Treaty of Commerce and Navigation (1896)
overseas risk information; overseas danger warning
marine archaeology; underwater archaeology
Pacific Standard Time; PST
ocean thermal energy conversion
general average loss; general average; gross average
(treaty of) friendship, commerce and navigation
corpus cavernosum clitoridis
wave-cut platform; abrasion platform; coastal bench
chemical oceanography; marine chemistry
person who argues that everything is better abroad (esp. football); self-hating Japanese
transmissible spongiform encephalopathy; TSE
foreign direct investment; FDI; direct overseas investment
fish found in coastal waters
Kukai (name of a Buddhist priest)
emergent coastline; emerged shoreline; negative shoreline; shoreline of emergence
Chinese national who returned after study or work abroad
the world is a scene of constant changes; (lit.) a mulberry field changes into a blue sea
swimming downstream (to the sea)
submergent coastline; submerged coast; submerged shoreline
hadal zone; hadopelagic zone; trench zone
hexactinellid sponge; glass sponge (any sponge of class Hexactinellida)
ocean surveillance satellite
bathyal zone; midnight zone; bathypelagic
inland sea; epicontinental sea; epeiric sea; marginal sea
particular average; particular average loss; particular loss
maritime patrol aircraft; MPA
Marine Accidents Inquiry Agency
calcareous sponge (any sponge of class Calcarea)
maritime authority; marine office
ocean floor; sea floor; seabed
Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter (1972); London Convention
this world's sudden changes
Yaeyama class minesweeper
siliceous sponge (any sponge other than those of class Calcarea)
the world is a scene of constant changes; (lit.) the blue sea turns into a mulberry field
the world is a scene of constant changes (as a mulberry field changing into a blue sea)
international order of the seas; public order at sea
Hall's crab apple; flowering crab apple; Malus halliana
calla (Zantedcschia aethiopica)
Steller's sea cow (Hydrodamalis gigas)
Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus)
Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata); medfly
Hokkai shrimp (Pandalus latirostris)
Malus spontanea (species of apple tree)
sirenian (any aquatic mammal of order Sirenia, incl. manatees, and dugongs); sea cow
Persian carpet flatworm (Pseudobiceros bedfordi); Bedford's flatworm
calla lily (Zantedeschia aethiopica)
Cirsium chokaiense (species of thistle)
Rhododendron mucronulatum var. ciliatum (variety of azalea)
seashore dweller; fisherman; sea god; Poseidon; Neptune