multiple organ dysfunction syndrome; MODS; multiple organ failure (former term); MOF
pine cricket (Xenogryllus marmoratus); (arch.) bell cricket (Meloimorpha japonicus)
science institute; scientific laboratory
gift; present; tip; bribe
large number of deaths; massive fatalities
European pear (Pyrus communis)
member of an organized crime group; gangster; mobster; yakuza
base sequence (e.g. of DNA)
long night (esp. of autumn)
Public Safety Bureau (of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department); Special Branch (police); Ministry of Public Security (China)
to start singing (of birds, etc.)
emergency deployment (police, etc.); emergency posting
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
re-examination; reinspection; retest
first warbling heard in a New Year
bell cricket (Meloimorpha japonicus); (arch.) pine cricket (Xenogryllus marmoratus)
he; she; samurai's attendant (in a var. of origami); type of popular song accompanied by dance from the Edo period
negative (result); gloomy; negative (e.g. attitude); pessimistic
deliverer; deliveryman; delivery person
health management; health maintenance; health care
rescue mission; evacuation operation
before it happens; previously
drawing blood; collecting blood
Naniwa (former name for Osaka region)
changing (job, career, lifestyle, social position, beliefs, etc.)
smuggling; bootlegging; illicit trade
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
change; alteration; substitute; rate of exchange