carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
to wear (a sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted with (a mission); to be charged with; to have (a quality, property, etc.); to have a trace of
period of time; time slot; time zone
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
obi (kimono sash); obi (strip of paper looped around a book, CD, etc. containing information about the product); band; belt; cingulum; radio or television program broadcast in the same time slot on all or most days
band (e.g. conduction, valence); belt (e.g. Van-Allen, asteroid, etc.)
safety zone; traffic island
large household; large family; large group (of people); big organization; great wealth
portable terminal; mobile device; handset
solidarity; joint; collective
all around; as far as the eye can see
mobile phone number; cell phone number
wearing a sword; being armed with a sword; sword
collective responsibility; joint liability
border area; border zone; borderland
wooded country; wooded (timber) region; woodland; woodlands
handheld game console; portable game console
lawless area; lawless district
mobile phone operator; mobile network carrier; cellular company
The Belt and Road Initiative (Chinese development strategy); One Belt, One Road
tropical night; night in which temperature doesn't fall below 25 degrees C
(highway) median; median strip; central reservation
industrial area; industrial zone
to keep a house; to run a household
all around; as far as the eye can see
drunk driving; drink-driving; driving under the influence (of alcohol); DUI
to be charged with a mission
neutral zone; demilitarized zone
joint surety; surety jointly and severally liable; co-maker; co-endorser; co-signer
supplementary (additional) resolution
to become domesticated; to be worn out (from domestic life); to go to seed
to wear a sword at one's side
head of the family (esp. as recorded in the resident register); head of the household; householder
having a wife; marrying (a woman); marriage
factory or industrial district or area
demilitarized zone; demilitarised zone; DMZ
band; zone; range; bandwidth
rainband; lengthy band of rain
incidental; ancillary; accessory; secondary; collateral
tank tread; continuous track; caterpillar track; endless track; crawler track
bandolier; bandoleer; ammo belt; driving band (of a shell or bullet); rotating band
tie; social bond; link; obi and cord; string; belt
congeries of many households; scratch (combined) team; hodge podge of parties
bellyband; maternity belt; (saddle) girth
to be charged with electricity
pedestrian walkway along a road
agrarian community; farming area; farming region
two-family house; house for a two-generation family
strip of vegetation (in an urban area); green strip; tree lawn; green belt; greenbelt
married man or woman; housekeeping
volcanic belt; volcanic zone
old ceremonial court dress
obi and cord fasteners (for a kimono)
currency strap; banknote strap; currency band; mailing wrapper (around a newspaper, etc.)
safety belt (typically used in Japanese construction work); fall-prevention harness
female household; household consisting wholly of women
sash clip (fastener); ornament worn over an obi
leather belt; (machine) belt
decorative string used to hold a kimono sash in place
cell phone novel; literary work originally written on a cellular phone
full Japanese court dress of traditional fashion
to be drunk; to be intoxicated; to be inebriated; to be under the influence of alcohol
satellite-based mobile phone
sash clip (fastener); ornament worn over an obi
waistband; belt; cloth girdle; obi
median (strip); central reservation
personal digital assistant; PDA
to become domesticated; to be worn out (from domestic life); to go to seed
incidental; ancillary; accessory; secondary; collateral
(yearly) household income
area of land at sea-level; sea-level zone
white sash; white belt; leukorrhoea
delta; river delta; delta plain; (woman's) crotch; groin; triangular gap between the thighs
not carrying (driver's license, passport, etc.); not having on one's person; nonpossession
small scale; small family
right to bear a surname and to wear a sword (during the Edo period)
new household (e.g. after marriage); new home
joint liability on guarantee
household receiving livelihood protection benefits; welfare-dependent household
plaintive (melody, tone, etc.); sad; mournful; doleful; sorrowful
personal effects; hand baggage
pectoral girdle; shoulder girdle
incidental (collateral) condition
for reference only; in-library use only; not for loan
(being separated only by a) narrow strip of water; narrow strait (channel, river)
female household; household consisting wholly of women
combined use; combination; dual-use; filling two positions
blinkers (horse tack); blinders
taking out (e.g. a book from a library); removing (from the premises); borrowing
two-family house; house for a two-generation family
neither one thing nor the other; (lit.) too short for a belt, too long for a sleeve tie
umbilical cord blood transplant
bandage; dressing; (webbed) harness (esp. parachute)
montane zone; mountain zone
low-lying region; lowland; basal zone
Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
meat and matrimony (Buddhism); Buddhist priest eating meat dishes and being married
radio or television program broadcast in the same time slot on all or most days (programme)
Act for Identification, etc. by Mobile Voice Communications Carriers of Their Subscribers, etc. and for Prevention of Improper Use of Mobile Voice Communications Services; Mobile Phone Improper Use Prevention Act
women's obi with a different colour on each side (originally black and white)
handheld game console; portable game console
untucked obi; dangling obi
subarctic zone; subpolar region
right to bear a surname and to wear a sword (during the Edo period)
design or pattern on a vertical band; vertical band in the center of a temple bell
standard family unit; family of two adults and two children
burner phone; throwaway mobile phone commonly used to conduct illegal activities
Möbius strip; Moebius strip
Japan-Sea Polar-Airmass Convergence Zone; JPCZ
Cooper's ligaments; fibrocollagenous septa
decorative string used to hold a kimono sash in place
undressing of a woman by a villain, by pulling her obi and spinning her round
earthquake zone; earthquake belt
sash clip (fastener); ornament worn over an obi
book that cannot be taken out (of a library, etc.); restricted book; reference-only book
clothes and obi; full court dress
large household; large family; large group (of people); big organization; great wealth
subarctic zone; subpolar region
special leather belt used in ceremonial court dress, covered in black lacquer and decorated with stones and jewels
the Van Allen (radiation) belt (layer)
paper strip (around parcels, banknotes, etc.)
leather belt; (machine) belt
anterior cruciate ligament; ACL
neither one thing nor the other; (lit.) too short for a belt, too long for a sleeve tie
family members; members of the household
common variety of women's kimono sash
half-width obi (kimono sash)
congeries of many households; scratch (combined) team; hodge podge of parties
belt used for back support after fifth month of pregnancy
demilitarized zone; demilitarised zone; DMZ
tropical rainforest climate
(Japanese) feature phone (as opposed to a smartphone); mobile phone designed for the Japanese market (with specialized features only available in Japan)
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
warm temperate zone; subtropics
new household (e.g. after marriage); new home
obi for men's use; men's kimono sash
circum-Pacific volcanic belt; Ring of Fire
leukorrhoea; leucorrhoea; leukorrhea; leucorrhea; mucous discharge from female genitals
to keep house; to set up house
thick obi sash; sash padding
incidental; secondary; accessory
subtropical high-pressure belt; subtropical ridge; subtropical high; horse latitudes
special leather belt used in ceremonial court dress, covered in black lacquer and decorated with stones and jewels
piece of stiff fabric worn under an obi to give more shape; batten plate; stay plate
calm belt (e.g. doldrums)
red and white sash; red and white belt
handheld game console; portable game console; game software for a handheld game console
cingulate gyrus; cingulum
a non-samurai being granted the privilege of wearing a sword (during the Edo period)
area around a red-light district where illegal prostitution occurred (marked on police maps by a blue line; 1940s-1956)
narrow kimono sash; narrow obi
personal handyphone system; PHS
intertidal zone; tidal zone
old orogenic belt; mountain belts formed in the Palaeozoic era
warm temperate zone; subtropics
anterior cingulate cortex
anterior cruciate ligament; ACL
mixed fraction; compound number
oval pad with two long strips tied underneath the obi to make it look fuller
obi that is not tied but merely wrapped around the body
bar graph; rectangular graph
orogenic belt; orogenic zone
special leather belt used in ceremonial court dress, covered in black lacquer and decorated with stones and jewels
region with heavy snowfall
taiga; boreal forest; Arctic forest
women's obi with a different colour on each side
red-light district (marked by a red line on police maps)
drunk driving; drink-driving; driving under the influence (of alcohol); DUI
obi and cord fasteners (for a kimono)
Möbius strip; Moebius strip
yellow fever mosquito (Aedes aegypti)
thick obi sash; sash padding
area on the convex side of a mountain arc or a crescent-shaped archipelago; area of southwestern Japan south of the Median Tectonic Line
obi that is not tied but merely wrapped around the body
women's obi with a different colour on each side
hoop; tie hoop; lateral tie
poverty-stricken household
free trade zone; free trade area
accessory offense; accessory offence
obi-tying ceremony designed to ensure safe birth of a child
worn haggard by household cares
Neotropical (region); Neotropics
subtropical high; subtropical anticyclone
seismic part (zone, belt)
strip of paper featuring advertisements, wrapped around a book's jacket
next-generation mobile phone
Not to be taken out; Reference Only
anterior cingulate cortex
radio or television serial broadcast in the same time slot each day or week
betrothal money given from man to woman
type of leather belt worn with ceremonial court dress and decorated with a rhinoceros horn
rental mobile phone; rental cell phone; cell phone that is rented
rental mobile phone; rental cell phone; cell phone that is rented
B-ISDN; Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network
bandwidth reservation; bandwidth contract
girdle (e.g. pelvic girdle, pectoral girdle)
email from a cell phone or mobile phone
ambulacral zone (on echinoderms); ambulacrum (on echinoderms)
belt grab reversal (judo)
belt grab reversal (judo)
obi with a different colour on each side
metamorphic belt; metamorphic zone
area of southwestern Japan north of the Median Tectonic Line
area on the concave side of a mountain arc or a crescent-shaped archipelago; area of southwestern Japan north of the Median Tectonic Line
area of southwestern Japan south of the Median Tectonic Line
contact metamorphic aureole; contact aureole; aureole; contact metamorphic zone
medium-width kimono sash (approx. 26 cm); medium-width obi
ankle strap (for fastening a shoe)
skin stretched on the sides of a biwa
zona glomerulosa; glomerular zone
hadal zone; hadopelagic zone; trench zone
leukorrhoea; leucorrhoea; leukorrhea; leucorrhea; mucous discharge from female genitals
circum-Pacific seismic zone; circum-Pacific earthquake belt
man-portable air-defense system; MANPADS
aspirate; aspirated consonant
winning hand with at least one terminal tile in each set and no honor tiles
winning hand with at least one terminal tile in each set and no honor tiles
winning hand with at least one terminal tile in each set and no honor tiles
standard family unit; family of two adults and two children
temperate climate with a rainy summer
subtropical high-pressure belt; subtropical ridge; subtropical high; horse latitudes
intertropical convergence zone; ITCZ
tropical wet and dry climate; tropical savannah climate
industrial conveyor (belt, chain, etc.)
bathyal zone; midnight zone; bathypelagic
zonation; zonal distribution
zonule of Zinn; Zinn's membrane; ciliary zonule
zonule of Zinn; Zinn's membrane; ciliary zonule
stripe pattern running across an animal's body
band saw (machine); bandsaw
band saw (machine); bandsaw
road area marked with diagonal white lines to guide traffic
super tropical night; night in which temperature doesn't fall below 30 degrees C
yellow-banded poison dart frog (Dendrobates leucomelas); yellow-headed poison dart frog; bumblebee poison frog
International Solidarity Movement; ISM
Women's Solidarity Foundation
Obihiroooya Junior College
Establishment of Tropical Marine Ecological Research
median wasp (Dolichovespula media)
great long-nosed armadillo (Dasypus kappleri)
nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus)
seven-banded armadillo (Dasypus septemcinctus)
six-banded armadillo (Euphractus sexcinctus); yellow armadillo
Brazilian three-banded armadillo (Tolypeutes tricinctus)
southern house mosquito (Culex quinquefasciatus)