noun:

• GI; G.I.; soldier in the US Army - from "galvanized iron" or "government issue" - colloquialism

noun:

• noodle
• TV personality who has appeared in the nude - abbreviation - slang ➜ アイドル・ヌード

noun:

• bitter enemies (placed by fate) in the same boat - four character idiom ➜ 呉越【ごえつ】

expression / adverb:

• like; similar to
• as with; in the same way

noun:

• gunfighter (esp. in the American Old West); gunslinger; gunman

noun:

• cellar; cave; hole in the ground

noun:

• indulgence (esp. in the Catholic Church)
• excuse; justification; rationalization

expression / adjective:

• bright even in the dark; clearly visible at night

noun:

• something not needed; person who is in the way

noun:

• person collapsed and dying (dead) in the street

noun:

• feces contained long in the intestines; fecal stasis; coprostasis

noun:

• staying in the same inn or hotel; rooming together

expression:

• cruel treatment; raw deal; kick in the pants ➜ 仕打ち

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• (subject to the) cool light breeze in early summer ➜ 薫風

noun:

• quitting the tournament in progress due mostly to injury - Sumo term

noun / ~する noun:

• participating in something by merely following the leaders - four character idiom

noun:

• the eight basic brush strokes in writing Chinese characters - four character idiom

noun:

• public opinion (sentiment) as reflected in the print media - four character idiom

noun:

• preparatory operations; measure taken in advance; doing the groundwork - four character idiom

noun:

• (the two persons' sides) being evenly matched in ability - four character idiom

noun:

• (going) the pure love stories route (in movie making) - four character idiom

noun:

• all the worldly (mundane) matters; everything in this world - four character idiom

noun:

• krill; euphasiid (any species in the family Euphausiacea)

noun:

• deconstruction (as in the term coined by Jacques Derrida)

~と adverb:

• gently and clearly shining (like the sun in springtime) - onomatopoeia