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175 judo
jeune premier [Fr; fern, jeune première], lit., first young (person);
juvenile lead; stage lover: theat.
jeunesse dorée [Fr], gilded youth; rich and fashionable young men.
je vais rejoindre votre père [Fr], I am going to rejoin your father:
Marie Antoinette (parting words to her children, on her way to the
guillotine).
je vis en espoir [Fr], I live in hope.
jezail [Pers], a long, heavy Afghan rifle, fired from a forked rest.
jheel or jhil [Anglo-Ind], a pool, marsh, or shallow lake.
jhuta [Hind], adj. false; untrue; not genuine; n. liar.
jiang [Chin]. Same as KIANG.
jihad or jehad [Ar], a Muslim war against heretics or enemies of Islam;
hence, a holy war, or crusade, waged for a principle or belief.
jinete [Sp], cavalier; horseman; mil, trooper; cavalryman; in southwestern
U.S., bronco buster.
jingal [Anglo-Ind], a small portable piece of ordnance, mounted on a
swivel.
jipijapa [Sp, fr. Jipijapa, a town in Ecuador], a tropical plant, from
which the so-called "Panama" hats are made; hence, a hat made from
this plant; a Panama hat (the name by which the jipijapa is known
outside Latin America).
jiu jitsu [Jap], lit., gentle struggle; Japanese wrestling.
jodhpurs [Hind], riding breeches of heavy cloth fitting closely at knees
and ankles.
Johannistag [Ger], St. John the Baptist's Day; Midsummer Day.
joie de vivre [Fr], joy of living.
joli [Fr; fern, jolie], pretty; attractive.
Jornada [Sp], a journey or the like performed in a day; also, a land
measure, equivalent to as much land as can be plowed in one day;
specif., a long waterless stretch of desert country; as, the Jornada del
Muerto in New Mexico: Mexico £sf southwestern U.S.
joro [Jap], a prostitute.
joss [Pidgin, fr. Pg deos], god; a Chinese idol or cult image. —joss house
[Eng], a Chinese shrine or temple.
jour [Fr], day. —au jour, by daylight. —au jour le jour, from day to
day. —jour de congé, a day's leave; holiday. —jour de fête, fete day;
festival. —jour de Tan, New Year's Day. —jour maigre, lit., lean day;
meatless day; fish day; fast day. —c'est le jour et la nuit, they are as
different as day and night.
journal intime [Fr], private diary.
joya [Sp], jewel.
Joyeux Noël [Fr], Merry Christmas.
jubbah or jubba [Hind & Ar], a long robe worn by Muslims of both
sexes.
judo [Jap], lit., way of gentleness; Japanese wrestling.