office system where employees are free to change desk
Advanced Research Projects Agency Network; ARPANET
pattern-matching; pattern matching
photographic paper; photo paper
social networking service; SNS
writing system using unconventional characters and symbols, esp. used by young women in texting
to pull from both ends; to pull from both sides; to play tug of war
seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways
businesswoman; female office worker; female employee
school(s) with flexible, child-centred curricula
intellectuals; intelligentsia; educated class
learning program; on-screen tutorial
the prospects look brighter; there is hope of accomplishing (something)
space debris; orbital debris
being sensitive to the heat; person who is sensitive to the heat
open source (software, etc.)
closely-packed series of lectures; intensive course
heat island phenomenon; heat island effect
lisping; poorly expressed; unclear (wording); imprecise (expression)
holy city; city developed around a church, temple, shrine, etc. (e.g. Ise, Mecca, Vatican)
threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)
second house; second home
white gem (esp. a pearl); rice flour dumpling; white-flowered camellia