development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape); extraction (of compressed data)
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
development; cultivation; application; exploitation (of resources)
reopening; resumption; restarting
holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)
opening to the public; making available to the public; exhibiting; unveiling; release (of a film, information, etc.); disclosure
opening (a door, window, etc.); leaving open; opening up (e.g. to the public); allowing (public) access
opening fully; full throttle; full power
opening and shutting; opening and closing
reclamation (e.g. of wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. of a new market); breaking new ground
opening a new shop; opening a shop (for the day)
outbreak of war; starting a war
at the very beginning of one's speech; immediately upon opening one's mouth (to speak); before anything else; first of all
flowering; blooming; blossoming; flowering (of a civilization, talent, etc.); blossoming; blooming
opening (a letter, parcel, etc.); breaking the seal; unboxing (a product); unsealed mail
release (of information, documents, etc.); disclosure; display; discovery
deployment; spreading out; dispersal
full bloom (esp. of cherry blossom); full blossom
raising the curtain; opening (of an event); start; beginning
plan to overcome an obstacle or break out of a deadlock; breakthrough solution
start of a match; beginning of a game; kickoff
(sect) founder; apostle; originator; inventor
opening a business; opening a practice
uncivilized; uncivilised; undeveloped (land); unexplored (territory, field, etc.); unbloomed (flower)
cultivating new land; clearing; reclamation
curtain raising; starting (e.g. play, concert)
open (attitude, etc.); openhearted; frank; open (space); spacious
sense of liberation; feeling of freedom
establishment; opening; setting up; inauguration
opening (of a new road, railway, etc.); going into operation (e.g. telephone communication); beginning services; reopening (e.g. of a road to traffic); resumption of services
rapid development; rapid unfolding
space development; space exploration
opening (the doors of a venue); inauguration (of a new building, facility, etc.)
incision; operation; section
public execution; public embarrassment
evacuation (to the country); spreading out (troops); deployment; dispersal
pioneer; settler; colonist
under development; in development
founding a country; opening of a country (e.g. Japan) to the world; ending (a policy of) national seclusion
surrender of a castle; surrender of a fortress; capitulation of a stronghold
enlightenment; spiritual awakening; reaching one's peak (as a performer, etc.); reaching the highest echelons; gaining eyesight; restoring eyesight
research and development; R&D
private; non-public; secret; closed-door; closed
savage (barbaric) land; backward region; undeveloped area
opening (of uncultivated land)
public exhibition (of a Buddhist image); displaying (a Buddhist image); revealing (something that is supposed to remain hidden); opening (a gambling house); holding (a gambling party)
in session; in progress; under way; open
technological development
private clinician; physician in private practice
unopened; with an unbroken seal
opening; aperture (e.g. camera); opening one's mouth; beginning to speak; open; broad
opening to the public (e.g. garden, etc.); read permission: anybody
undeveloped (area); unexplored (field of study); wild (areas); untapped area
beginning of the world; creation
spreading the legs (wide apart); opening the legs
stating (one's views); expressing
development project (program, programme, plan)
date (of an event, meeting, etc.)
opening a port (seaport, airport, etc.); starting operations at a port; opening a port to foreign vessels or trade
reclaimed land; cleared land; area opened for development
Caesarean section; Cesarean section; C-section
information discovery; disclosure of information
abrupt plot change; unexpected story development; story development from out of left field
civilization and enlightenment; Japan's Westernization movement during the Meiji era (Westernisation)
opening hours (of a store, restaurant, etc.)
opening (for that day's business; of a library, museum, cinema, etc.); opening (of a new library, museum, cinema, etc.)
making an incision in the abdomen; performing a laparotomy
counting ballots; tally (of votes)
freedom of information; access to information; disclosure of information (e.g. by the government); releasing information (of an organization or an individual); making public
civilization; civilisation; enlightenment
opening of a park (theme park, botanical garden etc.)
new development; new discovery
being open but having virtually no business
development of potential ability; capacity development
creation of heaven and earth
start of broadcast; commencement of transmission; sign-on
unpublished; not made public; unlisted (e.g. stock); unreleased; undisclosed
civilization; civilisation; enlightenment
simultaneous development; spreading at the same time (e.g. two phenomena)
spreading one's legs open wide with knees bent, creating the shape of the letter M (pornographic pose)
reopening a shop after renovation; post-refurbishment reopening
founding a temple (on a hill-top)
place where a meeting (conference, etc.) is held; venue
undeveloped (countries); backward; unentered
barbarian; savage; savage (primitive) people (race)
early-Meiji administrative unit for Hokkaido (1869-1882)
sense of space; spaciousness
open criminal investigation
newly-opened land; recently-settled region; frontier; new residential area; new development
since the beginning of the world; since the dawn of history
(since) the beginning of the universe; (since) the dawn of time
half-open; partly open; semicivilized; semicivilised
opening a new hospital, institution, temple, etc.; opening a hospital, institution, temple, etc. (for the day); opening of (a session of) the Imperial Diet
opening (of a broadcasting station, post office, bureau, etc.); establishment
release date; publication date; opening day; open day
now available (e.g. for sale); now showing (e.g. film, exhibition)
developer (of software, video games, etc.)
debut; opening; first public exhibition
expanding into a chain (e.g. store, hotel); development of chain stores
opening game; (season) opener
host country (e.g. for a conference)
overseas deployment (e.g. military forces); overseas expansion (e.g. business operations)
unstopping; uncorking; uncapping; connecting (e.g. gas supply)
laparotomy (abdominal surgery)
establishment of the shogunate; founding a shogunate
independently developed; proprietary
anniversary of the founding of the school
code name (of a product under development)
start of a course; start of lectures; opening of a new course; offering a course (for the first time)
initial opening (esp. of a temple)
unbuttoning a collar; opening up (one's heart); open-necked shirt
excavation; cutting; digging
founding (of a temple or sect); founder; laying the foundation (for something); base (topology); basis
formal opening (e.g. of a railway, road, etc.); opening ceremony; inauguration ceremony
results of the vote count
stock offering (to the public)
opening (e.g. library, museum, etc); being open; making a room accessible to people; (organization) being available to take on work
resource development; resource exploitation (usu. natural resources)
percentage of votes counted so far
interior elevation; expansion plan (of a ship); net (of a polyhedron); development
opening (of a new office, facility, etc.)
opening of a banquet; opening of a wedding reception
resumption of service (train, bus, etc.)
national land development (e.g. building infrastructure, roads, etc.)
ceremony to consecrate a newly made Buddhist statue or image by inserting the eyes (thereby investing it with soul)
wadō kaichin; Japan's first circulated coinage (minted in 708 CE)
National Space Development Agency; NASDA
space development project (program, programme)
Kaiseijo (school of foreign studies set up by the shogunate during the Edo period)
public debate; open discussion
opening a book; opening (part) of a book
open access (in a library); open shelves
opening up of a market; market liberalization
environmentally damaging (indiscriminate) development
unlisted stocks; unlisted shares; unquoted shares
anthesis; flowering season
opening or unsealing of bids
publishing (esp. using woodblock printing)
Caesarean section; Cesarean section; C-section
horizontal deployment (of techniques, etc.); application to other fields
quick (flash) report of votes counted
Official Development Assistance; ODA
general practitioner in private practice; primary care physician (US); GP
opening a government office (for the day); opening a new government office
opening ceremony (of an event, show, etc.)
entrusted development; original equipment manufacturer; OEM
(bond) cleavage; splitting open
casting and counting votes
national research and development agency
same-day counting of ballots
extraction of square root
features (e.g. of a product); development chronology
temple hall commemorating its founding or its founder
evacuation of school children (from major cities to more rural areas, esp. during late World War II)
start day for military operation; departure day; D-Day
development machine; experimental machine
creating a new village or town; opening a village (e.g. for Olympic athletes)
starting price; ask price; ask; suggested opening price
bringing out the pillows and futon (in Zen Buddhism); sleeping
Reform and Opening-up (Chinese economic policy)
human resources development; personnel development; career development; HRD
sustainable development goals; SDGs
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development; OECD
development block; development base
wingspan (of a bird); wingspread
development of electrical power resources
casting away one's vices or worldly desires and achieving enlightenment
bringing luck and good fortune
Japanese colonists of Manchuria and Inner Mongolia
(cherry) blossom front; flower front
establishment of a university
regional development; community development
making materials in a library available in open stacks
tender offer; take-over bid; TOB
numerical aperture (in photography)
infrastructure development
breakthrough in the situation; break in the deadlocked situation
local warriors, or provincial or district officials, who developed paddy field lands
developmental dictatorship (authoritarian form of government that pursues rapid economic development at the expense of democratic freedoms)
opening (a letter); unsealing
open blood-vascular system
bascule bridge; drawbridge
bathing (in a Zen Temple)
beginning of a screening (at a movie theatre); starting a screening
dehiscence; cleavage; fission
extraction of roots; evolution
underdeveloped country; half-civilized country; half-civilised country
Freedom of Information Act; FOIA
underdeveloped country; developing country
virgin soil; uncultivated land
(crime of) opening sealed correspondence
involvement of peer groups; application to similar products; grassroots (organization, development, movement)
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology; JAMSTEC
primitive and barbarous; uncivilized and barbaric
newly listed stocks; new stock offering
initial public offering; IPO
publicly traded stock; stock listed on the stock exchange
Director General of Hokkaido Development Agency
first day of cherry blossoms reaching full bloom; first day in which at least 80% of the somei yoshino cherry blossom has opened (in a specific region or place)
Catan (board game); The Settlers of Catan; Settlers
long "o" vowel arising from combination of the "a" and "u" sounds
code name (of a product under development)
non-disclosure (of information)
start codon; initiation codon
United Nations Development Program; UNDP
organization development; organizational development; OD
keratotomy; corneal incision
opening of a hot spring or bathhouse
nuclear development program; nuclear program
first lighting of the hearth in a Zen temple (first day of the 10th or 11th month)
open ditch; open channel; open conduit; open culvert
stock offering (to the public)
evacuating to the homes of one's relatives in the countryside in wartime
software development kit; SDK
application development language
Institute for Personnel and Development
polytechnic college (with two-year and four-year courses)
opening hours of a gallery
Japan Development Bank; JDB
Japan Atomic Energy Agency
least developed country; LDC
application developer; applications developer; applications programmer
Japan Atomic Energy Agency; JAEA
Kaichi International University
polytechnic college (with two-year and four-year courses)
Polytechnic University of Japan
Kaisei Junior High School
read-write slot; read-write opening
Kinki Polytechnical College
(of Chinese) pronunciation of kanji without a medial between the initial consonant and center vowel; (of Japanese) the long "o" vowel arising from combination of the "a" and "u" sounds
opening a door for a moment (esp. on the train, when someone's foot is stuck, etc.)
(two-year) polytechnic college
Japan Vocational Ability Development Association
field developed program; FDP
large-scale housing and lifestyle development project
Small Island Developing States; SIDS
develop-and-import formula
national development arterial expressway
Liberation Day (in Korea, Italy, etc.)
Power Reactor and Nuclear Fuel Development Corporation; PNC
Open Systems Interconnection; OSI
application development system
application development tool
agile (software) development
formal public identifier error
Kaishi Professional University
Vocational Abilities Development Promotion Act
Comprehensive National Development Plan (1962-)
capitulation without resistance; surrendering without fighting
dilatation stage (of labour)
business development skills school
wingspread (of an insect)
Massive Open Online Course; MOOC
polytechnic school for persons with disabilities
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development; EBRD
start of heading; start of header; SOH
beginning tag; starting tag; opening tag
United Nations Development Programme
Integrated open hypermedia; IOH
system follow-up; post-implementation review; post-development review
United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
public company; publicly listed company; publicly traded company; (Japanese) stock company that does not impose restrictions on share transfers
Vocational Abilities Development Promotion Act
open systems interconnection environment
distribution list expansion
blind copy recipient indication
Inter-American Development Bank
switching station; switchyard
UN Research Institute for Social Development
Development Education Association & Resource Center; DEAR
Buddhist missionary, esp. in Jodo, Pure Land, etc. sects; Buddhist minister (in the West)
Open Document Architecture; ODA
settlement of the American frontier; settlement of the Old West
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Overseas Agricultural Development Association
Institut de Development Indeustriel
Integrated Development Environment
Urban Developers' Association of Japan
prefatory sutra; opening a sutra; beginning to read a sutra
US Agency for International Development; USAID
Air Developing and Proving Command
World Institute for Development Economics Research
mechanical device for opening and closing (shutters, gates, etc.); (railway) crossing gate; barrier
fraudulent business of selling goods by claiming they will bring supernatural benefits
tender offer; take-over bid; TOB
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
INPEX (Japanese petroleum company)
open channel (liquid flow)
National Economic and Social Development Board
opening day flower gift; bouquet of flowers given to a new store (restaurant, etc.) on its opening day
to be licensed to practice (e.g. law); to be allowed to open a business
f-number; focal ratio; f-ratio; f-stop
Agriculture Land Development Machinery Public Corporation
Electric Power Development
public text designating sequence
International Institute for Management Development; IMD
information-disclosure ordinance
Industrial Research Institute, Japan
bowl of rice topped with beef (or pork) and egg
International Institute for Environment and Development
(crime of) opening sealed correspondence
Application Development Environment; ADE
1992 Property Disclosure Act; law requiring members of parliament to disclose their assets
Japan Petroleum Development Corporation
opening up a kindergarten playground to young children and parents from the local area
Industrial Development Authority
Japan Nuclear Cycle Development Institute
Water Resources Development Public Corporation
National Economic and Development Authority
device-dependent version of public text
public text display version
Forest Development Corporation
punch-style can opener (punches a round or V-shaped hole in a can of liquid)
eyelid speculum; lid retractor
Hokkaido-Tōhoku Development Finance Public Corporation
pioneer settlement; frontier village
Okinawa Development Finance Corporation; ODFC
Japan Marine Fishery Resources Research Center; JAMARC
developing a way or means
Okinawa Development Agency (1972-2001)
opening act; introductory part
swing bridge; swivel bridge
Public Key Infrastructure
moonflower (Ipomoea alba)