powered exoskeleton (esp. in SF); power suit; robot suit
Uninterruptible Power Supply; UPS
grey heron (Ardea cinerea); gray heron
ptarmigan (Lagopus muta, esp. the Japanese ptarmigan, Lagopus muta japonica); grouse
swan (Cygnus spp.); white-feathered bird
collapsing load (as on lorries, trucks)
heron with all-white plumage (incl. egrets); white heron
Mackenzie (Canada); McKenzie
selfishness; egotism; egoism; egocentricity
overwork; working too hard
black-tailed gull (Larus crassirostris)
chopping block; springboard for discussion; draft proposal; tentative plan
teaching your grandmother to suck eggs; teaching something to someone who knows more than you; preaching to the choir; (lit.) lecturing to the Buddha
arrowhead; target of a flying arrow; brunt (of an attack); the very moment (when); the point (of doing)
large saw; framed pit saw
suspension bridge; rope bridge
stork (esp. the Oriental stork, Ciconia boyciana)
complete ruin; collapse; losing (something) completely (e.g. face)
automatic operation (machine); automatic driving (vehicle)
department (or school) of technology, engineering or science
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
fact-finding survey based on interviews; oral survey; interview survey
absent-mindedly; vacantly; idly; lazily
Mie prefecture (Kinki area)
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
low (atmospheric) pressure; low-pressure system; depression; bad temper; foul mood; tense situation
abacus; soroban; calculation (esp. of profit and loss); reckoning
serious accident; major incident