noun:

• highball; whisky and soda

noun:

• jankyu; combination of Japanese pinball and mahjong

expression:

• a balanced diet leads to a healthy body; healthy food both prevents and cures sickness - four character idiom

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• graceful; slim and beautiful

noun:

• shiku-kaisei city planning; city renewal that occurred in the Taisho and Meiji eras

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• graceful; slim and beautiful

noun:

• goodwill guide; volunteer guide and interpreter for foreign residents and tourists - four character idiom

noun:

• ninjutsu (fighting art of the ninja); ninja skills in secrecy, stealth and combat techniques - Martial Arts term

noun:

• pickled Japanese horseradish; wasabi cut up and mixed with sake lees

noun:

• terracotta army (clay figurines found near the mausoleum of the first Qin emperor in China); terracotta warriors and horses ➜ 兵馬

noun:

• visage; voice and countenance

adverb / noun:

• annually; every year; year in and year out; from year to year - four character idiom

noun:

• minor cosmetic surgery; nip and tuck

noun / adverbial noun:

• the whole world; throughout heaven and earth - four character idiom

particle:

• et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth - colloquialism ➜ 等【など】

noun:

• British disease; Britain's 1970s economic and labour problems

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to be lost in lust for riches; to throw all caution and conscience away in pursuit of riches ➜ 目が眩む

noun:

• chopped kabayaki eel on rice; eel fillets cooked over charcoal with soy flavoured sauce, cut in small pieces and serve on rice - Food term

noun:

• car train; train carrying both passengers and vehicles

noun:

• OLE; object linking and embedding - IT term

noun:

• word-hunting; search for and censorship of politically incorrect words

noun:

• Delhi Dynasties; the Mamluk, Khilji, Tughlaq, Sayyid, and Lodi dynasties of India ➜ デリースルタン朝

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to run at full speed; to run and run
• to try one's hardest

noun:

• horse oil; extract of horse subcutaneous fat, used in cosmetics and traditional medicine

noun:

• Yoshida Shinto; fusion of Shinto, Buddhism, Confucianism and Taoism stressing traditional Japanese elements