management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
(tree) trunk; (arrow) shaft; (tool) handle; backbone; base
foundation; root; basis; root and trunk
executive secretary; coordinator; organizer; person in charge of making arrangements
trunk (of the body); soma
chief secretary (usu. of a party); secretary-general
main road; main thoroughfare
senior leadership; senior leader; upper echelon (of power); top-ranking officer
chief editor; managing editor; manager; person in charge
senior executive staff; upper management
leading members of a party; party executive; party leadership; senior party members
hematopoietic stem cell; haematopoietic stem cell
cutting straight down; cleaving (a person) in two
body; trunk; torso; physique
skeleton; structure; build
Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides); giant timber bamboo; madake; Henon bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis)
remnants of a bean plant; beanstalks and pods; bean husk
(arch.) trunk; (arch.) stem; shaft (of an arrow); handle
induced pluripotent stem cell; iPS cell
mission-critical task; business-critical matter
shaft of an arrow (usu. made of thin bamboo); cornetfish
superintendence; supervision; administration
National Critical Technology
trunk coupling unit; trunk connecting unit; TCU
national development arterial expressway
femoral diaphyseal fracture
induced pluripotent stem cell; iPS cell
backbone chain (polymer); main chain (polymer)
having food on the table is more important than having a high social standing; (lit.) taro stems over family status
Scirpus yagara (species of club-rush)
Gastrodia elata (species of saprophytic orchid)
Acer ukurunduense (species of Asian maple); Acer caudatum subsp. ukurundense