Aomori Nebuta Festival (August 2-7)
winning hand consisting of four kongs and a pair
Technical Emergency Control Force; TEC-FORCE
water sprinkler truck; street washer
United Nations convention
stria (carved out by a glacier, etc.)
short take-off and landing; STOL
to live up to (one's) expectations
law of the sea; maritime law
initiative taken by bureaucrats in the drafting of government policies and bills (rather than by politicians)
firefighting vehicle; fire engine
Ministry of Home Affairs (1960-2001)
drug-resistant bacterium; drug-resistant bacteria
bullet hell (genre of shoot 'em ups)
promiscuity; promiscuous sexual relations
respiratory tract infection; RTI
sentence; judgment; judgement; pronouncement; order; command
despair; desperation; abandonment
exemption (e.g. from application of a law); exclusion