Hirosaki (city in Aomori)
weld; welding; deposition
database search; database retrieval
augmented chord; augmented triad
nitridization; nitriding; nitride (of)
paying; remunerative; advantageous; profitable
major religion; great religion
school(s) with flexible, child-centred curricula
cryptography; encryption technology
shooting from the hip; starting something without sufficient preparation; acting on a vague estimate (of the situation)
something that has been jacked up (e.g. a car); raising something with a jack
smoking a cigarette without holding it with one's fingers; holding a cigarette in one's mouth
waste-water port (of a dam, sewer, etc.); freeing port (on a ship); water hose outlet (for firefighting)
lucky; fortunate; timely; convenient
external storage; auxiliary storage
Bruckner (19th-century Austrian composer)
godmother; (religious) sponsor
to understand; to comprehend