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:

• humble samurai who served as a body guard on foot ➜ 徒侍
• bodyguards in service of the shogun who would walk ahead of him on an outing (Edo period) ➜ 徒士組【かちぐみ】

adjective:

• terrible; dreadful
• amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); wonderful; terrific
• to a great extent; vast (in numbers)

~の noun / noun:

• not covered (e.g. of a sports opponent); unobserved; under the radar - From English "no mark"
• unmarked (e.g. of a product); unlabelled

noun:

• compound ideograph formation (one of the six kanji classifications); making kanji up of meaningful parts (e.g. "mountain pass" is up + down + mountain) ➜ 会意文字

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:

• proportional representation system in which votes are cast for a publicly available list of party members or for individual members of that list

noun:

• household of which half of the taxes were given to a designated person (ritsuryo system); vassal household allotted to a courtier ➜ 食封

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
• to take a tea break; to rest

noun:

• (since) the beginning of the universe; (since) the dawn of time - four character idiom

temporal noun:

• since the creation (of the world); since the dawn of history - four character idiom

noun:

• political dynamics; dynamics of political forces; the balance of political power - four character idiom

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to be jealous of; to be envious of; to envy ➜ 焼く【やく】

noun:

• mechanism of action (e.g. drug); mode of action; action mechanism - Medicine term

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• last third of a month; 21st to the last day of a month

noun:

• voice; speech; sound of a voice
• sound (e.g. of a TV) ［おんせい］

noun / ~する noun:

• getting tired of; getting sick of; getting bored with; getting fed up with

noun:

• Chinese yam (variety of Dioscorea opposita)
• Japanese yam (variety of Dioscorea japonica)

noun:

• Budget Committee (of the Upper and Lower Houses of the Diet)
• budget committee

noun:

• bamboo dealer; person selling bamboo or articles made of bamboo
• house made of bamboo

noun:

• first sound of the year for an animal; first sound of the season - obscure term

noun:

• go or shogi board
• position of a game of go or shogi

noun:

• Raggiana bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea raggiana); Count Raggi's bird-of-paradise

noun:

• course of a thrown ball - Baseball term
• course of a hit ball (golf, tennis, etc.) - Sports term

noun / ~の noun:

• unilaterality (e.g. of a contract); one-sidedness (e.g. of a treaty)