expression / adjective:

• mere shadow of one's former self; having no trace left (of former glories, talent, looks, etc.); unrecognizable (as the person one used to be); unrecognisable - idiom

noun:

• looking aside; (from the) eyes of an onlooker

noun:

• Far Eastern brook lamprey (Lethenteron reissneri); sand lamprey (species found in the Northwest Pacific)

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to put oneself in; to enter; to serve (e.g. in the army); to be enlisted

noun:

• real world; outside world (e.g. the world outside of school)

noun:

• émigré; political refugee (esp. from the French Revolution) - From French

noun:

• sitting while waiting; (according to the lunar calendar) an eighteen-day-old moon

noun:

• lock; tuft; tassel; feathers (i.e. fringe of hair on the legs); feathering; penicil

noun:

• manga cafe; coffee shop with a manga library (usu. has Internet facilities and charges by the hour) - abbreviation ➜ 漫画喫茶

noun:

• layering; placing a large amount of orders and cancelling before they are executed (with the intent of manipulating the market) - Finance term ➜ 見せ板【みせいた】

noun:

• Vietcong; Viet Cong (communist guerrilla soldiers who fought in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War)

noun:

• second volume (of two); third volume (of three) ➜ 上編・中編・下【げ】

noun:

• Benelux; Benelux countries (Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg)

noun:

• whitespotted bambooshark (Chiloscyllium plagiosum); white-spotted catshark (species from the Indo-West Pacific)

noun:

• Dīpankara Buddha; Dipankara (the lamp bearer) - Buddhism term

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands)
• to throw into (e.g. jail)
• to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into; to drill into

expression:

• out of luck; (at the) end of one's rope

noun / ~する noun:

• preaching down; breaking down somebody's false beliefs through confrontation (in order to convert them to the right faith) - Buddhism term

noun:

• caddisfly; caddis fly (any moth-like insect of the order Trichoptera)

noun:

• manga cafe; coffee shop with a manga library (usu. has Internet facilities and charges by the hour) ➜ 漫画

noun:

• kyogen interlude; short scene during a noh play, performed by a kyogen actor (usu. explaining the play) ➜ 本狂言

expression:

• remain standing; keeping standing (all the way)

noun:

• garden eel; conger eel (esp. the common Japanese conger, Conger myriaster)

noun:

• bacteremia; bacteraemia (presence of bacteria in the blood)

noun:

• layering; placing a large amount of orders and cancelling before they are executed (with the intent of manipulating the market) - Finance term