Vocabulary

research expenses; research costs

research outsourcing contract

outsourcing contract

support services agreement contract

individual outsourcing agreement

manager (esp. of school sports clubs)

to mind; to care; to worry

through (e.g. an intermediary, a medium); via; over (e.g. a network); across; by way of; by means of

call-waiting (phone option)

conference call (phone option); conference calling

modular cable

very-high-bit-rate digital subscriber line; VDSL

xDSL

asymmetric digital subscriber line; ADSL

high-bit-rate digital subscriber line; HDSL

symmetric digital subscriber line; SDSL

splitter (device that splits and reassembles signals from different frequencies)

splitter (device that splits and reassembles signals from different frequencies)

spare no effort while you are young; heavy work in youth is quiet rest in old age

colour loss (color)

kimberlite

eastern edge; east margin

western edge; west margin

kimberlite

Maritime Self-Defense Force

taking care of someone

Potsdam Declaration (July 26, 1945 statement establishing the terms of a Japanese surrender)

Potsdam Conference (conference regarding the postwar occupation of Germany; July-August 1945)

Potsdam Orders (commands made after the Japanese surrender based on the demands of the Potsdam Declaration)

to call fondly

two sickles used in Okinawan Kobudo

old woman

I'd be lying if I said ...

sweet soy sauce; sugar with soy sauce

area where a string of nuclear power plants are located

paper cutouts

pseudopodium; pseudopod (temporary protrusion of an ameboid cell)

male homosexuality; pederasty

notification for compulsory retirement

written notification; notification (written)