noun:

• Janissaries; Janissary corps; elite infantry in the Ottoman Empire - From Turkish "Yeniçeri"

expression / adjective:

• unthinkable; count for nothing; not matter; out of the question

noun / ~する noun:

• inscription; epitaph; composing the text for an inscription, usu. an epitaph

expression:

• quick to take a hint; very responsive; quick on the uptake - abbreviation ➜ ツーと言えばカー【ツーといえばカー】

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to be famous; to be celebrated; to be worthy of the name ➜ 名にし負う【なにしおう】

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to blow a conch; to blow a trumpet shell; to blow the war horn ➜ 法螺貝を吹く

noun / ~の noun:

• ankle; malleolus; ankle bone; bony prominence on each side of the ankle - Anatomy term

expression:

• Namu Amida Butsu; Hail Amitabha Buddha; Homage to Amida Buddha; prayer for rebirth in Sukhavati, the Pure Land of Amitabha - Buddhism term

noun:

• charms of a uniquely beautiful woman; great beauty; (so beautiful that) the moon hides and flowers are abashed [literal] - four character idiom

noun:

• Capricornus (constellation); Capricorn; the Goat

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to bear responsibility for; to be liable for; to answer for; to take the blame for

noun:

• contrary person; sourpuss; dog-in-the-manger

expression:

• deep down; special place in one's heart; in the back of one's mind

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo

expression:

• a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course

noun:

• Northern Di people; northern barbarians; Zhou dynasty term used by the Chinese to refer to non- ethnic Chinese to the north - archaism - derogatory term

noun:

• moving shallow; spawning run; movement of fish from deep to shallow water during the spawning season

expression / noun:

• backbiting of a coward; grumblings of a loser; the far-off bark of a retreating dog [literal] - idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• base isolation; seismic base isolation; base isolating; vibration damping at the base of a building

expression:

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

noun:

• décolleté; décolletage; the part of a woman's chest and back exposed by a low neckline - From French
• robe décolletée; low-cut dress - abbreviation - From French ➜ ローブデコルテ

noun / ~の noun:

• low-cut (neckline style); décolleté - From French

expression / adverb:

• one more; another; the other ➜ 今一つ【いまひとつ】
• not quite; not very good ➜ 今一つ【いまひとつ】

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to be famous; to be celebrated; to be worthy of the name - emphatic form of 名に負う ➜ 名に負う【なにおう】

~と adverb / adverb:

• flutter; flap; sound of something light moving in the wind - onomatopoeia

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to blow a conch; to blow a trumpet shell; to blow the war horn ➜ ほら貝【ほらがい】