development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
development; exploitation
reopening; resumption; restarting
holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)
opening to the public; making available to the public; putting on display; exhibiting; showing (play, movie, etc.); holding (interview, etc.)
opening (a door, window, etc.); leaving open; opening up (e.g. to the public); allowing (public) access
opening fully; full throttle; full power
opening and shutting; opening and closing
reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. new market); breaking new ground
opening a new shop; opening a shop (for the day)
outbreak of war; starting a war
at the very beginning of one's speech; the first thing (one) says after opening the mouth
flowers budding; blooming; flowering; showing results; becoming popular; blooming
opening (a letter, parcel, etc.); breaking the seal; unboxing (a product); unsealed mail
release (e.g. information); disclosure (legal); show; indication; display
deployment; spreading out; dispersal
full bloom (esp. of cherry blossom); full blossom
raising the curtain; opening (of an event); start of a season
plan to overcome an obstacle or break out of a deadlock; breakthrough solution
beginning of the game; kickoff; face-off
(sect) founder; apostle; originator; inventor
opening a business; opening a practice
cultivating new land; clearing; reclamation
uncivilized; uncivilised; undeveloped (land); unexplored (territory, field, etc.); unbloomed (flower)
curtain raising; starting (e.g. play, concert)
sense of liberation; feeling of freedom
open; frank; liberal; open-minded
establishment; opening; setting up; inauguration
opening (of a new road, railway, etc.); going into operation (e.g. telephone communication); beginning services; reopening (e.g. a road to traffic); resumption of services
space development; space exploration
rapid development; rapid unfolding
incision; operation; section
dispersal; evacuation; removal; spreading out (troops); deployment
opening (the doors to an event, etc.); inauguration
pioneer; settler; colonist
founding a country; opening of a country (e.g. Japan) to the world; ending (a policy of) national seclusion
under development; in development
enlightenment; spiritual awakening; opening one's eyes to the truth; gaining eyesight; restoring eyesight; opening the eyes
research and development; R&D
savage (barbaric) land; backward region; undeveloped area
private; exclusive; secret
opening (of uncultivated land)
unveiling a Buddhist image; public exhibition (of a Buddhist image); revealing something that is supposed to remain hidden; opening a gambling house; holding a gambling party
in session; in progress; under way; open
technological development
private clinician; physician in private practice
opening; aperture (e.g. camera); opening one's mouth; beginning to speak; open; broad
opening to the public (e.g. garden, etc.); read permission: anybody
undeveloped (area); unexplored (field of study); wild (areas); untapped area
unopened (state); with an unbroken seal
beginning of the world; creation
development project (program, programme, plan)
opening a port (seaport, airport, etc.); starting operations at a port; opening a port to foreign vessels or trade
stating (one's views); expressing
date(s) (e.g. for exhibition)
Caesarean section (Cesarean); C-section
spreading the legs (wide apart); opening the legs
reclaimed land; cleared land; area opened for development
civilization and enlightenment; Japan's Westernization movement during the Meiji era (Westernisation)
opening (for that day's business; of a library, museum, cinema, etc.); opening (of a new library, museum, cinema, etc.)
information discovery; disclosure of information
opening hours (of a store, restaurant, etc.)
abrupt plot change; unexpected story development; story development from out of left field
making a surgical incision in the abdomen
civilization; civilisation; enlightenment
counting ballots; tally (of votes)
freedom of information; access to information; disclosure of information (e.g. by the government)
opening of a park (theme park, botanical garden etc.)
being open but having virtually no business
new development; new discovery
creation of heaven and earth
development of potential ability; capacity development
start of broadcast; commencement of transmission; sign-on
civilization; civilisation; enlightenment
unpublished; not made public; unlisted (e.g. stock); unreleased; undisclosed
founding a temple (on a hill-top)
spreading one's legs open wide with knees bent, creating the shape of the letter M (pornographic pose)
reopening a shop after renovation; post-refurbishment reopening
debut; opening; first public exhibition
simultaneous development; spreading at the same time (e.g. two phenomena)
place where a meeting (conference, etc.) is held; venue
early-Meiji administrative unit for Hokkaido (1869-1882)
undeveloped (countries); backward; unentered
barbarian; savage; savage (primitive) people (race)
sense of space; spaciousness
open criminal investigation
newly-opened land; recently-settled region; frontier; new residential area; new development
half-open; partly open; semicivilized; semicivilised
release date; publication date; opening day; open day
(since) the beginning of the universe; (since) the dawn of time
opening (of a broadcasting station, post office, bureau, etc.); establishment
opening a new hospital, institution, temple, etc.; opening a hospital, institution, temple, etc. (for the day); opening of a Diet session (pre-WWII)
expanding into a chain (e.g. store, hotel); development of chain stores
developer (of software, video games, etc.)
now available (e.g. for sale); now showing (e.g. film, exhibition)
opening game; (season) opener
host country (e.g. for a conference)
since the beginning of the world; since the dawn of history
overseas deployment (e.g. military forces); overseas expansion (e.g. business operations)
unstopping; uncorking; uncapping; connecting (e.g. gas supply)
laparotomy (abdominal surgery)
anniversary of the founding of the school
open heart surgery; cardiotomy; direct intracardiac surgery
independently developed; proprietary
start of a course; start of lectures; opening of a new course; offering a course (for the first time)
initial opening (esp. of a temple)
excavation; cutting; digging
unbuttoning a collar; opening up (one's heart); open-necked shirt
code name (of a product under development)
formal opening (e.g. of a railway, road, etc.); opening ceremony; inauguration ceremony
foundation of a temple; laying a foundation (stone); open base
stock offering (to the public)
results of the vote count
percentage of votes counted so far
resource development; resource exploitation (usu. natural resources)
opening (of a new office, facility, etc.)
national land development (e.g. building infrastructure, roads, etc.)
resumption of service (train, bus, etc.)
interior elevation; expansion plan (of a ship); net (of a polyhedron); development
ceremony to consecrate a newly made Buddhist statue or image by inserting the eyes (thereby investing it with soul)
opening of a banquet; opening of a wedding reception
Kaiseijo (school of foreign studies set up by the shogunate during the Edo period)
public debate; open discussion
Japan's first circulated coinage (minted in 708 CE)
National Space Development Agency; NASDA
space development project (program, programme)
opening a book; opening (part) of a book
open access (in a library); open shelves
opening up of a market; market liberalization
environmentally damaging (indiscriminate) development
unlisted stocks; unlisted shares; unquoted shares
anthesis; flowering season
opening or unsealing of bids
publishing (esp. using woodblock printing)
Caesarean section (Cesarean); C-section
quick (flash) report of votes counted
general practitioner in private practice; primary care physician (US); GP
Official Development Assistance; ODA
entrusted development; original equipment manufacturer; OEM
governmental office opening (usually special case)
opening ceremony (of an event, show, etc.)
casting and counting votes
national research and development agency
evacuation of school children (from major cities to more rural areas, esp. during late World War II)
temple hall commemorating its founding or its founder
creating a new village or town; opening a village (e.g. for Olympic athletes)
developing country; emerging nation
start day for military operation; departure day; D-Day
same-day counting of ballots
extraction of square root
features (e.g. of a product); development chronology
starting price; ask price; ask; suggested opening price
bringing out the pillows and futon (in Zen Buddhism); sleeping
Reform and Opening-up (Chinese economic policy)
development of electrical power resources
human resources development; personnel development; career development; HRD
development block; development base
casting away one's vices or worldly desires and achieving enlightenment
Japanese colonists of Manchuria and Inner Mongolia
wingspan (of a bird); wingspread
(cherry) blossom front; flower front
Sustainable Development Goals; SDGs
establishment of a university
community or regional development
tender offer; take-over bid; TOB
numerical aperture (in photography)
infrastructure development
breakthrough in the situation; break in the deadlocked situation
local warriors, or provincial or district officials, who developed paddy field lands
developmental dictatorship (authoritarian form of government that pursues rapid economic development at the expense of democratic freedoms)
open blood-vascular system
making materials in a library available in open stacks
beginning of a screening (at a movie theatre); starting a screening
bathing (in a Zen Temple)
dehiscence; cleavage; fission
extraction of roots; evolution
underdeveloped country; half-civilized country; half-civilised country
Freedom of Information Law; Freedom of Information Act (various countries); FOIA
undeveloped country; third world country
virgin soil; uncultivated land
primitive and barbarous; uncivilized and barbaric
newly listed stocks; new stock offering
drawbridge; bascule bridge
initial public offering; IPO
publicly-traded stock; stock listed on the stock exchange
Director General of Hokkaido Development Agency
first day of cherry blossoms reaching full bloom; first day in which at least 80% of the somei yoshino cherry blossom has opened (in a specific region or place)
long "o" vowel arising from combination of the "a" and "u" sounds
code name (of a product under development)
start codon; initiation codon
United Nations Development Program; UNDP
keratotomy; corneal incision
opening of a hot spring or bathhouse
involvement of peer groups (Quality Assurance term); application to similar products; grassroots (organization, development, movement)
nuclear development program; nuclear program
first lighting of the hearth in a Zen temple (first day of the 10th or 11th month)
open ditch; open channel; open conduit; open culvert
stock offering (to the public)
evacuating to the homes of one's relatives in the countryside in wartime
application development language
opening hours of a gallery
least developed country; LDC
application developer; applications developer; applications programmer
read-write slot; read-write opening
(of Chinese) pronunciation of kanji without a medial between the initial consonant and center vowel; (of Japanese) the long "o" vowel arising from combination of the "a" and "u" sounds
opening a door for a moment (esp. on the train, when someone's foot is stuck, etc.)
field developed program; FDP
Small Island Developing States; SIDS
large-scale housing and lifestyle development project
develop-and-import formula
Liberation Day (in Korea, Italy, etc.)
national development arterial expressway
Open Systems Interconnection; OSI
formal public identifier error
application development system
application development tool
agile (software) development
Comprehensive National Development Plan (1962-)
wingspread (of an insect)
business development skills school
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development; EBRD
business skill development school for handicapped people
start of heading; start of header; SOH
beginning tag; starting tag; opening tag
United Nations Development Programme
Integrated open hypermedia; IOH
system follow-up; post-implementation review; post-development review
United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
distribution list expansion
open systems interconnection environment
blind copy recipient indication
switching station; switchyard
Buddhist missionary, esp. in Jodo, Pure Land, etc. sects; Buddhist minister (in the West)
Open Document Architecture; ODA
Integrated Development Environment
prefatory sutra; opening a sutra; beginning to read a sutra
tender offer; take-over bid; TOB
(railway) crossing gate; barrier
fraudulent business of selling goods by claiming they will bring supernatural benefits
open channel (liquid flow)
opening day flower gift; bouquet of flowers given to a new store (restaurant, etc.) on its opening day
to be licensed to practice (e.g. law); to be allowed to open a business
public text designating sequence
information-disclosure ordinance
beef (or pork) and egg on rice
Application Development Environment; ADE
1992 Property Disclosure Act; law requiring members of parliament to disclose their assets
garden-town development; rural city development; urban sprawl
device-dependent version of public text
public text display version
punch-style can opener (punches a round or V-shaped hole in a can of liquid)
eyelid speculum; lid retractor
developing a way or means
Public Key Infrastructure
moonflower (Ipomoea alba)