noun:

• ABCD encirclement; embargoes against Japan by America, Britain, China, and the Dutch starting in 1940

noun:

• Caprifoliaceae; family of flowering plants comprising the honeysuckles

expression:

• carefully; with caution

expression:

• jūkenbō; "body, sword and staff" techniques in martial arts - Martial Arts term

expression / ichidan verb:

• to avoid meeting someone's gaze; to not look someone in the eyes

noun:

• Pomacanthus; genus of marine angelfish in the family Pomacanthidae

noun:

• Taurus (2nd zodiacal sign); the Bull

noun:

• Isurus; genus comprising the mako sharks

noun:

• Xirong; Rong; inhabitants of the extremities of China as early as the Shang dynasty (1765-1122 BCE); barbarians to the west [literal]

expression:

• crazy deed; unbelievable deed; the height of madness; act of sheer madness - colloquialism

noun:

• third-rate company director; executive in name only

noun / ~の noun:

• hypermeter; excess syllables in haiku, waka, etc. ➜ 字足らず

noun:

• bizarre literature; the literature of the bizarre - four character idiom

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to become old enough to understand what's going on around oneself (of a child, etc.); to reach the age of discretion

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to hurt one's feelings; to rub someone the wrong way

expression / noun:

• Tensei Jingo; daily column in the Asahi Shimbun - translation of "vox populi, vox Dei" (the people's voice is the voice of God)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to fall victim (to); to get into the clutches (of) ➜ 毒牙【どくが】

noun / ~の noun:

• adrenal cortex; cortex of the adrenal gland

noun:

• Okikurumi; mythical founder god of the Ainu - From Ainu

noun / ~する noun:

• swimming alone; leaving others in one's wake

noun:

• American continent; the Americas

noun:

• worldly affairs; ways of the world

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to grant (a wish); to accede; to comply with; to heed

noun:

• Pseudalopex; genus containing the South American foxes

noun:

• arteriosclerosis; hardening of the arteries