noun:

• toilet god; guardian deity of the privy

noun:

• Seven Bridge; Japanese card game where the '7' card is special

noun:

• polished gyaru; girl or young woman adhering to a toned down version of the gyaru fashion trend - colloquialism ➜ ギャル

noun:

• Capricorn (10th zodiacal sign); the Goat

noun:

• readers' column; letters to the editor section

noun:

• Cygnus (constellation); the Swan - Astronomy term

noun:

• one's course of action; deciding what to do with oneself, whether staying in the present position or leaving it - four character idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be born (of a baby); to come into the world

noun:

• initial response (e.g. to a crisis); action in the earliest stages
• initial shock (of an earthquake); preliminary tremor

ichidan verb:

• to impose (printing); to lay out the page order
• to assemble (e.g. components)

godan ~る verb:

• to do one good; to be beneficial; to be good for the body; to be helpful
• to stand in someone else's shoes ［身になる］
• to care deeply for someone ［身になる］ - archaism

noun:

• Moirai; the Fates - From Greek

noun:

• irregular conjugation (inflection, declension) of s-stem verbs; conjugation of the verb "suru" - abbreviation ➜ サ行変格活用

expression:

• first come, first served; the early bird catches the worm

noun:

• Nebrius; genus of a single species of nurse shark in the family Ginglymostomatidae

noun:

• ISIL; Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ➜ イスラム国

noun:

• everywhere; all over the place ➜ そこら中

noun:

• Uncia; genus containing the snow leopard - obsolete term

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be troublesome; to require the aid and labour of others

noun:

• Mary (mother of Jesus); the Virgin Mary - From Latin "Maria" ➜ 聖母マリア
• Mary (of Magdala); Mary Magdalene

noun:

• red line; line in the sand
• red line (ice hockey); center line; centre line - Sports term

expression:

• with steady steps; with one's feet planted on the ground

noun:

• hades; realm of the dead

noun:

• Pictor (constellation); the Easel

noun:

• Jeet Kune Do; Way of the Intercepting Fist (martial art founded by Bruce Lee) - Martial Arts term