(medicine) MERS, Middle East respiratory syndrome

(inorganic chemistry) soda / short for ソーダ水 (sōda-sui, “soda water”): soda (carbonated water)

(Buddhism) Short for 紅蓮地獄.

(history, government) a 律令 (ritsuryō) treasury department under the 中務省 (Nakatsukasashō, “Ministry of the Center”)