English-German translations for janus

• Janus
  Aber wie Janus hat auch die Armut zwei Gesichter. But, like Janus, poverty is two-faced.
  schriftlich. - (EN) Ich begrüße Janusz Wojciechowskis Bericht. in writing. - I welcome Janus Wojciechowski's report.
  Abschließend glaube ich, dass diese Politik ein wenig wie der Gott mit den zwei Gesichtern, Janus Bifrons, ist. In conclusion, I believe that this policy is a little like the two-headed god, Janus Bifrons.

Definition of janus

• The god of doorways, gates and transitions, and of beginnings and endings, having two faces looking in opposite directions
• A two-faced person, a hypocrite
• A moon of Saturn

Examples

• [[Janus cat
• Janus cat]], [[Janus particle
• Janus particle]]
• Janus green B is a dye used widely in histology to [[stain#Verb
• stain]] cells for microscopic examination

Related words

• January
• mid-January
• Janus-faced
• Janus word
• day in January
• go slow as molasses in January