Vocabulary

Weekly Playboy (abbr) (magazine)

Tektronix

JustSystems Corporation

National Institute of Information and Communications Technology; NICT

National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience; NIED

Mercari, Inc.

Turbo Linux

Vine Linux

Pentium (Intel processor)

Photo CD

PhotoCD

SlipKnot

International Astronomical Union: IAU

Ministry of Civil Affairs (PRC)

Daphnis and Chloe (novel by Longus, ballet by Ravel, etc.)

Pocari Sweat (sports drink)

Botan Rice Candy (lemon-orange flavored soft, chewy candy with an edible wrapper); Botan Ame; Bontan Ame

L'incoronazione di Poppea (opera by Monteverdi); The Coronation of Poppaea

Tamagotchi (handheld digital pet) (trademark)

Eugene Onegin (novel by Pushkin, opera by Tchaikovsky)

Royal Society

Small and Medium Enterprise Agency

National Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management (abbr); NILIM

Kwansei Gakuin University (abbr)

Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization; IMCO

Taketori Monogatari (The Tale of the Bamboo-Cutter)

Dentsu (communications agency)

The Great Wave off Kanagawa (woodblock print by Hokusai); The Great Wave; The Wave

Kotobank (online encyclopedia)

Cinzano

twipple (Twitter client)

Walmart

Les Fleurs du mal

Confessiones (St. Augustine of Hippo)

Confessiones (St. Augustine of Hippo)

Ochikubo Monogatari; The Tale of Ochikubo (Heian period Cinderella story)

Fannie Mae; Federal National Mortgage Association (US)

Fannie Mae; Federal National Mortgage Association (US)

Freddie Mac; Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (US)

Freddie Mac; Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (US)