environmental technology; envirotech; green technology; greentech
standardization; standardisation
gazing steadily at; observing (a person) closely; maintain a watch over
Galapagosization; phenomenon of companies becoming overly specialized in developing products for the domestic market
to polish up (on); to refine; to hone; to polish (by rubbing)
hidden reserves of strength; latent energy; potentiality; real strength
to attempt; to test; to try out
sending; forwarding; shipping
distribution of electricity
separation; partition; detachment; segregation; isolation
to hide; to keep to oneself
Near Threatened (conservation status); NT; New Testament; nuchal translucency
dominant (note, chord); dominant (person); overbearing (personality)
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
asymmetric digital subscriber line; ADSL
broadband; brokers' broker
offstage; backstage; behind the scenes
mobile; mobile (sculpture)
mobile internet service run by NTT DoCoMo in Japan
to handle; to manage; to deal with; to rear; to look after
distributed processing; decentralized processing
center; centre; middle; Chūbu region (incl. Aichi, Nagano, Shizuoka, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi and Gifu prefectures)
Hokuriku region of Honshu (incl. Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures)
monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself
pursuit (of a goal, ideal, etc.); search; chase; seeking after
unification; bringing together; generalization; control; supervision
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
(being in) the red; deficit; red letter; red writing; corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red
international comparison; country-by-country comparison
vertical integration; vertical merger
physical distribution; distribution of goods; logistics
contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist