maintenance; preservation; improvement
maintenance of public order; maintaining security
maintaining the status quo
reformation; revolution; Meiji Restoration; Japan Innovation Party; Nippon Ishin no Kai
muscle fiber; muscle fibre
dietary fiber; dietary fibre
synthetic fiber; synthetic fibre; chemical fiber; chemical fibre
health maintenance; health preservation
Shōwa restoration (call for Imperial restoration by militarists in the 1930s)
fibrous; filamentous; fibrillary; fibriform
synthetic fibre; synthetic fiber
carbon fiber; carbon fibre
maintaining order (e.g. in a courtroom)
aramid fibre; aramid fiber
closing years of the Tokugawa shogunate and the Meiji Restoration (1850s-1860s); Bakumatsu and Meiji Restoration
natural fibers; natural fibres
fiber-glass reinforced plastics; FRP
regenerated fiber; regenerated fibre
vegetable fiber; vegetable fibre
three great nobles of the Restoration; three statesmen (Okubo Toshimichi, Saigo Takamori and Kido Takayoshi) who played an important role during the Meiji Restoration
vascular bundle; fibrovascular bundle
four ordinal directions; four cardinal principles of the state (propriety, justice, integrity, sense of shame)
one of the six administrators of a Zen temple (in charge of general affairs)
metal fiber (esp. used in reinforced concrete); steel fiber
Kyoto Institute of Technology
cystic fibrosis; mucoviscidosis
fiber structure; fibre structure; fibrous tissue
vascular cambium; wood cambium
fascicle; fiber bundle; fibre bundle
polyester fiber; polyester fibre
synthetic fiber; synthetic fibre
Japan Innovation Party; Nippon Ishin no Kai; JIP
fibre-reinforced (plastic, concrete, etc.) (fiber)
fast-twitch muscle fiber; fast muscle fiber
collagen fiber; collagen fibre
polyamide fiber; polyamide fibre
(coalition of) the Liberal Democratic Party and the Japan Innovation Party
provider of living expenses; financial provider
sustainable cell rate; SCR
Hong Kong National Security Law
Glassfiber Association of Japan
fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva; FOP
inorganic fiber; inorganic fibre
Textile Industry Restructuring Agency
price-keeping operation; PKO
fiber optics; fibre optics
Japan Carbon Fiber Manufacturers Association
Japan Textile Evaluation Technology Council
Purkinje fibre; Purkinje fiber
fibrous capsule; tunica fibrosa
fibroid; fibroid tumor; fibroid tumour
Japan Innovation Party (2014-2016)
clothing fiber; clothing fibre
raw fibers; raw fibres; minute fibers; minute fibres
acrylic fiber; acrylic fibre
acetate fiber; acetate fibre
triacetate fiber; triacetate fibre