expression:

• one calamity followed close on the heels of another; out of the frying pan into the fire; tiger in front, wolf in the back [literal] - four character idiom

noun:

• mask squeeze; unequal pressure between the mask air space and the vascular pressure within the blood vessels of the face

noun:

• Japanese language
• native Japanese words (esp. not Chinese and other foreign loanwords)

noun / adjectival noun:

• blank; blank space

noun:

• gap; time spent not doing something (e.g. working, practicing)

noun / ~の noun:

• not wearing a bra; being bra-less - From English "no bra"
• generic (goods) - abbreviation ➜ ノーブランド

noun / adjectival noun:

• broad-minded and free in disposition; large-hearted and not scrupulous about trifles - four character idiom

adjective:

• difficult to write or draw; does not write well (pen, brush, etc.)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to end without incident; to not turn into something serious

interjection:

• yes; yeah; uh huh ➜ うん
• huh?; what?

auxiliary verb / suffix:

• not - negative verb ending used in informal speech; abbr. of negative verb ending ぬ ➜ ぬ

particle:

• 's - abbr. of particle の; indicates possessive ➜ の・の
• at (place, time); in; on; during - abbr. of particle に, used esp. when it precedes the verb なる ➜ に

expression:

• something that one would not expect to exist; something exceedingly rare; jellyfish bones [literal] - obscure term

expression:

• know your enemy, know thyself, and you shall not fear a hundred battles - proverb

noun:

• ijtihad (use of discretionary judgement in deducing a law not specified in scripture) - From Arabic

noun:

• medical treatment at one's own expense; treatment not covered by health insurance

expression:

• know your enemy, know thyself, and you shall not fear a hundred battles - proverb ➜ 敵を知り己を知れば百戦危うからず

noun:

• countries that do not use Chinese characters in their writing; non-kanji countries

adjective:

• difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect

noun:

• employee of an association, society, etc. (but not of government or a corporation)

noun:

• non career (i.e. civil servants not on track for high-ranking positions)

noun:

• the head; the foremost; beginning; the very front

noun:

• reverence for the emperor and the overthrow of the shogunate

expression:

• the most; the best; peerless; the greatest; first-rate

noun:

• the last meeting (of the year, the term, etc.)

noun:

• the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow - archaism - Astronomy term ➜ 北斗七星

noun:

• person in the same business; the profession; the trade

noun:

• the masses; the lower classes; the common people