noun:

• work of art the creator has confidence in; work one is proud of

noun:

• anticipation of a fall (in prices); prediction of a price drop

noun:

• collection of essays (miscellaneous writings, literary jottings, etc.)

noun:

• day of the ox (esp. in midsummer or midwinter) ➜ 土用の丑の日

noun:

• gods of restoration (who purify sin, etc.) ➜ 禍津日神

noun:

• Third Epistle of John (book of the Bible)

noun:

• date of issuance (e.g. of a license or passport)

noun:

• chocolate given to a boy on Valentine's day out of genuine sentiment

noun:

• cost of acquisition; acquisition cost

noun:

• sense of color; sense of colour

noun:

• var. of refined sugar

noun:

• an inch ahead; the immediate future

noun:

• net of the law; justice

noun:

• Treaty of Versailles (1919)

noun:

• centre of (political) power

noun:

• ceremony of tsuna-making - Sumo term ➜ 綱【つな】

noun:

• older male in an homosexual relationship ➜ 念者・兄分

noun:

• principles underpinning an agriculturally based economy

noun:

• violation of chastity; rape

noun:

• supervised trading of a stock, e.g. during delisting ➜ 監理銘柄

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to build an embankment

noun:

• coefficient of determination - Mathematics term

noun:

• hairline at nape of neck; nape of neck

noun:

• International System of Units; SI ➜ ＳＩ【エスアイ】

noun / ~の noun:

• sheath of tendon