Obsolete spelling of シベリア (Shiberia, “Siberia (a region of Russia)”)

subcritical nuclear experiment

single transferable vote

begin with the lesser things to obtain the greater; he who would the daughter win, must with the mother first begin

(Japanese mythology) a food goddess, daughter of 伊弉諾 (Izanagi); as told in the 古事記 (Kojiki), she offered food to 素戔嗚 (Susa no O) after he was expelled from heaven for his transgression against 天照 (Amaterasu), by pulling food out of her orifices, which caused him to kill her in disgust; from her corpse, grain seeds and silkworms sprouted out, and were collected by 神産巣日 (Kamimusuhi)

(chemistry) basic oxide

radioactive fallout

a Romanization method of Japanese, combining the 標準式 (hyōjun-shiki) and 日本式 (Nihon-shiki) styles, that was adopted in 1937 by Cabinet order and slightly modified in 1954