research; study; investigation
research institute; (research) laboratory
laboratory; seminar room; professor's office
research (institute, laboratory, group, etc.)
research society; study class (e.g. religious); seminar (e.g. presentation of research)
training (esp. in-service); induction course
diligent study; devoting oneself to one's studies
research division; research club (e.g. at school, university)
society for the study of manga; manga club
collaborative research; joint research
grinding; polishing; refining (a skill, knowledge, etc.); applying oneself (to study); disciplining oneself
research project (e.g. at school); independent research
material (data) for one's research; research material
research and development; R&D
research material; experimental material
results of a scientific investigation; findings
workshop; training course
research funds; research expenses
research publication; scholarly publication
of inquiring mind; eager to study; enthusiastic in studying
film studies; cinema studies
forensic researcher; crime scene investigator
postgraduate course; graduate course; graduate program; graduate school (of)
training period; residency (esp. medical); internship
technical research institute; technology research laboratory
research methods; method of study (research)
film studies; cinema studies
research paper; study; thesis
academic study; academic research
research study; investigative research
science institute; scientific laboratory
rakugo research society; rakugo research club
cooking expert; culinary researcher
research area; field of research
head researcher (at a research institute)
spirit of study (inquiry, enquiry); (having) an inquiring mind
abrasive compound; abrading agent; abradant; polishing agent
society for the study of manga; manga club
fieldwork; on-the-job training; hands-on training
technical research institute; technology research laboratory
training camp; off-campus residential course
report of (one's) research; research paper
research expenses; research costs
A Study of Good (1911 philosophical treatise by Kitarō Nishida)
Institute of Physical and Chemical Research
institute for general research; multidiscipline laboratory
rakugo research society; rakugo research club
clinical research; clinical study
meeting for reading research papers
research for a graduation thesis; graduation thesis work; graduation research project
cancer research; cancer research institute; cancer research center (centre)
economic research institute
institute for general research; multidiscipline laboratory
grinder; grinding machine; polisher
research investigation; research survey
Technical Research and Development Institute
Bell Laboratories; Bell Labs
National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (abbr); NARO
Institute of Infectious Diseases
National Institute of Infectious Diseases; NIID
prior research; previous work
laboratory block; research laboratory building
National Institute for Physiological Sciences; NIPS
subject for study (inquiry, enquiry); laboratory subject
principal investigator; PI
Kanrikogaku Kenkyusho, Ltd.
applied research; practical research
Pasteur Institute; Institut Pasteur
National Research Institute of Police Science
area of study (investigation); research area
research for a graduation thesis; graduation thesis work; graduation research project
advance training; prior training
national research and development agency
Judicial Research and Training Institute
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology; NAIST
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency; JAXA
research results; research record; research achievement
clinical training (for doctors)
case method; case study method
National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics; NINJAL; Kokken
National Institute of Health Sciences; NIHS
training program; training system
Graduate University for Advanced Studies
communications laboratory
resident physician in specialty training
postdoc; postdoctoral fellow; postdoctoral researcher
Meteorological Research Institute
Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research; JFCR
Nomura Research Institute; NRI
Jet Propulsion Laboratory; JPL
pilot study; preliminary study
International Agency for Research on Cancer; IARC
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS)
Agricultural Research Administration; Agricultural Research Institute
research and university town
initial clinical training (two-year postgraduate residency for new doctors)
member (of a research project)
Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies, Bank of Japan; IMES
National Cancer Institute (US); NCI
National Institute on Aging
National Institute of Information and Communications Technology; NICT
National Institute of Nutrition
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology; JAMSTEC
Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research; JFCR
Research Institute for Tropical Medicine
National Institute of Fruit Tree Science; NIFTS
cancer research institute; cancer research center (centre)
National Aerospace Laboratory; NAL
polishing; polished finish; burnished finish
Atomic Energy Research Institute
Electro-Technical Laboratory; ETL
human research subject; person who is being studied
National Institute for Educational Research
Hakuhodo Institute of Life and Living
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science; ISAS
Institute for Environment and Health; IEH
National Institute for Environmental Studies
Nara National Cultural Properties Research Institute
Institute of Astronomy; IoA
National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics; NINJAL; Kokken
clinical internship system
Nara National Research Institute of Cultural Properties
National Research Institute for Cultural Properties
Building Research Institute
repolishing; resharpening
grinder; grinding machine
writing brush and inkstone; writing; composition; daily life of a writer
communications laboratory
National Institute of Health
training for new employees; onboarding training; orientation course
Institute for Personnel and Development
Ichinomiya Kenshin College
Institute of Population Problems
Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute; JAERI
Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute; JAERI
Nippon Urban Management and Local Government Research Association; NUMLGRA
Japan Automobile Research Institute; JARI
Institute for Molecular Science
Japan Atomic Energy Agency; JAEA
Tōhoku University Research Institute of Electrical Communication; RIEC
Japan Accounting Association
National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies; GRIPS
Research Center for Human Resource and Technology
Japan Credit Rating Agency
Central Institute for Experimental Animals
Research Institute for Publications
Joint Nuclear Research Institute
Japan Color Research Institute
UN University Institute of Advanced Studies; UNU-IAS
Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute; KAERI
Japan Institute of International Affairs
Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences; IMPCAS
Japan Economic Research Institute; JERI
International Japanese Education Center; IJEC
Institute of Fluid Science Tōhoku University; IFS
centerless grinding; centreless grinding
Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo; IIS
Hokkaido Wildlife Laboratory
The Institute of Cetacean Research
Shanghai Institute for International Studies
Earthquake Research Institute of the University of Tokyo
Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (abbr)
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
National Institute of Crop Science
Japan Cost Accounting Association
National Institute of Health (former)
Japan Finance Association
Japan Institute of Management
National Institute of Informatics; NII
Electronic Navigation Research Institute
Japan Institute of Labor; JIL
Finnish Institute of Occupational Health
National Institute on Drug Abuse; NIDA
National Institute of Polar Research; NIPR
Communications Research Laboratory; CRL
Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University; CSEAS
Disaster Prevention Research Institute Kyoto University; DPRI
Atomic Collision Research in Japan
Ocean Research Institute of the University of Tokyo; ORI
Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology; KRIBB
National Institute of Infectious Diseases (abbr.); NIID
Chugoku National Industrial Research Institute
UN Research Institute for Social Development
Japanese Association for International Accounting Studies
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; NIEHS
National Research Institute of Fisheries Science
Osaka National Institute, AIST
Osaka National Institute, AIST
Tokyo Metropolitan Res. Lab. of Public Health
Institute for Future Technology
National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences
Kuni no Katachi Kenkyūkai (faction of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan); Kan faction; Kan group
Urban Life Research Institute
Kinmirai Seiji Kenkyūkai (faction of the Liberal Democratic Party); Ishihara faction
National Institute of Economic and Social Research
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
National Institute of Special Education; NISE
National Food Research Institute
National Institute for Leprosy Research
National Policy Research Institute; NPRI
National Institute of Bioscience and Human-Technology
National Institute of Bioscience and Human Technology; NIBH
Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials; IMRAM
Research and Training Institute of the Ministry of Justice
National Institute of Environmental Pollution Research (pn)
National Research Institute of Cultural Properties
Japan International Trading Cooperation Organization; JITCO
Keio Economic Observatory; KEO
Traffic Safety and Nuisance Research Institute
intervention study (epidemiology)
SRIC Corporation; Sanwa Research Institute Corporation
World Institute for Development Economics Research
American Geological Institute
Sea water Science Research Laboratory
International Union of Forestry Research Organizations
National Institute for Research in Inorganic Materials
Kenkyusha's New Japanese-English Dictionary; Green Goddess (GG)
Fuji Research Institute Corporation
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
National Institute of Industrial Safety
Institute of Statistical Mathematics (Minato, Tokyo)
Okazaki National Research Institutes; ONRI
Institute for Information and Communications Policy; IICP
National Institute of Radiological Sciences; NIRS
National Institute for Education Policy Research
National Institute for Educational Policy Research
National Institute of IndustrialHealth
European Organization for Nuclear Research; Organisation européenne pour la recherche nucléaire (formerly Conseil Européenne pour la Recherche Nucléaire); CERN
International Institute for Management Development; IMD
National Research Institute of Agricultural Economics
British Market Research Bureau
Distribution Economics Institute of Japan
National Institute for Fusion Science
Institute of Earth Education
National Institute of Materials and Chemical Research
Heisei Kenkyūkai (faction of the Liberal Democratic Party)
Industrial Research Institute, Japan
Institute of International Education in London; IIEL
Institute for National Policy Research
National Research Institute of Brewing
Industrial Relations Research Association
International Institute for Environment and Development
Photovoltaic Power Generation Technology Research Association; PVTEC
UN Institute for Disarmament Research
Foundation for International Information Processing Education; FINIPED
National Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management; NILIM
Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute
Japan Classic Literature Research Institute
Tokyo Metropolitan Institute for Educational Research and In-Service Training
research student (worker) abroad
National Bureau of Economic Research
World Resources Institute
Research Institute of International Trade and Industry
Bureau of Personnel Administration
Social Development Research Institute
National Industrial Research Institute of Nagoya
Forest Training Institute
International Plant Genetic Resources Institute; IPGRI
Establishment of Tropical Marine Ecological Research
International Institute for Educational Planning
Higher Education Research Institute
Internet Research Task Force; IRTF
National Institute of Radiological Sciences
Association for the Study of Industrial Management (Japan)
Korean Institute of Science and Technology
training institute for teaching staff
International Agency for Research on Cancer; IARC
National Research Institute of Fisheries Engineering; NRIFE
Shikoku National Industrial Research Institute
Shikoku National Industrial Research Institute
Protein Engineering Research Institute
Institute for International Economics
Tokyo Metropolitan Industrial Technology Research Institute; IRI
International Food Policy Research Institute; IFPRI
International Institute of Agriculture
specialty training (for doctors after two-year initial clinical training)
Kagakuoyobi Kesseiryōhou Kenkyūsho (corporate name of Kaketsuken); Chemo-Sero-Therapeutic Research Institute
polished surface; ground surface
Ishii Tool & Engineering Corporation
National Institute of Mental Health
Pana-Wave Laboratory (Japanese religious organization)
National Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management (abbr); NILIM
National Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science
International Institute for Labour Study
National Institute of Floricultural Science
National Institute for Rural Engineering
Japan Institute of Advanced Dentistry; JIAD
National Institute for Resources and Environment
Tokoname Ceramic-Art Laboratory
training institute for civil servants
Japan Research Institute of Material Technology
Zeikan Training Institute
Toda Institute for Global Peace and Policy Research
Industrial Products Research Institute
Institute for the Preservation of Cultural Assets
British Antarctic Survey; BAS
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America; PhRMA
National Research Institute for Metals
Korea Aerospace Research Institute; KARI
National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience; NIED
National Institute of Science and Technology Policy
National Institute of Science and Technology Policy; NISTE
Japan Construction Method and Machinery Research Institute
Institute of Environmental Sciences; IES
Institute of Developing Economies
National Research Institute of Far Seas Fisheries; NRIFSF
Research Institute of Environmental Technology; RIET
Communication Science Laboratories
Ringyou Training Institute
Hiroshima Peace Institute
electrolytic polishing; electro-polishing; electrolytic grinding; electrolytic machining
Pacific Research Institute
Seiwa Seisaku Kenkyūkai (conservative faction of the Liberal Democratic Party); Abe faction
Kinki Postal Training Institute
prefectural training institute
Institute of Public Health and Environmental Science (usu. at prefectural or city level)
Kyushu National Industrial Research Institute
Institut pour l'etude des methodes de direction de l'entreprise
Banchō Seisaku Kenkyūjo (faction of the LDP)
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
research and teaching centre (center)
Institute of Fiscal and Monetary Policy
National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences; NIAES
Research Institute of Construction and Economy; RICE
Marubeni Research Institute
Port and Harbour Research Institute
Institute for Research on Public Policy
Tsukuba Center for Institutes
center of excellence; COE
Institute of Natural Medicine
Institute for Posts and Telecommunications Policy; IPTP
Posts and Telecommunications Training Institute
National Research Institute of Aquaculture; NRIA
Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries; PRIMAFF
Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory; PMEL
Institute of Public Health and Environmental Science (usu. at prefectural or city level)
Environmental Policy Institute
Health and Welfare Research Institute
Toshiba Research Europe Ltd.; TREL
Internet Research Steering Group; IRSG
research outsourcing contract
Electro-technical Laboratory (abbr); ETL
training; practice; drilling; honing (one's skills); cultivation (e.g. of knowledge); improvement
National Research Institute of Police Science (abbr)
sabbatical; sabbatical leave
Institute of Public Health and Environmental Science (usu. at prefectural or city level) (abbr)
United Nations Asia and Far East Institute for the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders (abbr); UNAFEI
research work; career in research; research position; researcher
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (abbr); AIST
Institute for Medical Sciences
research team; study team