Galapagos (island chain); Sharp brand of e-readers and mobile phones
lifetime employment; permanent employment
paediatrician; pediatrician
indiscriminate terror; indiscriminate terrorism
operability; usability; user friendliness; ease of use; maneuverability; manoeuvrability
reducing the number of mouths one needs to feed (esp. by giving up children for adoption, apprenticeship, etc.)
net news; network news; Usenet
membership card; membership certificate
dirt cheap; super cheap; bargain-priced
killing with a bomb; killing in a bombing
to go wrong; to go awry; to go off track; to go out of whack
seniority by length of service
anticancer drug; anticancer agent
operation (of a machine, factory, fishing boat, etc.); work
Ebisu; god of fishing and commerce
unasked for; unnecessary; uninvolved
small factory in town; backstreet (small) workshop
demolition; pulling down; destruction; dismantling
(a person or body being) unidentifiable (unidentified)
warrant; summons; written order
stability; security; equilibrium
crisply; with a crunch; refreshingly; sharply; candidly; frankly
to install (a king, emperor, etc.); to appoint (to a post); to promote; to assign (to study under)
transfer (trains, buses, etc.); change; switch (to another ideology, party, system, method, etc.); change; switching (stock); chromosomal crossover
unsettled; pending; unresolved
to be worn down; to be reduced
working earnestly; sincerity; diligence; effort; pains
postcard; memo; note; card
severance payment; retirement money (usu. lump-sum); redundancy payment
Kanazawa (city in Ishikawa)