mobile network operator; MNO; wireless service provider; mobile network carrier
Straight-through processing
fifth force; fifth force of nature
each juncture; each turning point
eyes slanted upward; rising tendency
quintessential enka; enka with age-old lyrical themes set to a haunting traditional-style melody
thank you for your trouble; unfortunately ...
transmitting station (e.g. for TV)
OSI; Open Systems Interconnection
Oribe ware (style of Japanese pottery)
Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music
O Great God of Arms, I beseech your aid against my enemy
mobile communications; cellular communications
inro; seal case; pill box; medicine case
conferring court rank posthumously
to mess around; to get carried away; to press one's luck
thread-sail filefish (Stephanolepis cirrhifer); skinning (an animal); stripping (a tree of its bark); barking
litchi (Nephelium litchi); lychee; bitter melon (Momordica charantia); bitter gourd; Thais bronni (species of muricid gastropod)