(mahjong, of a hand) to end without anyone completing their own hand and winning; to draw

(telecommunications) tuning

(telecommunications) to tune (into)

(networking) base station

(government, historical) one of the 三局 (Sankyoku, “three offices”) in the 太政官 (Daijō-kan), so named because clerical work there were done by the shōnagon and subordinate secretaries

to change; to take the form of / to influence

-ization, -ification; action of making something that way

to transform / turn into

non-governmental organization

anarchy (absence of any form of political authority or government)