noun:

• comedian; actor who plays comic roles - from Kabuki system of ranking characters
• figure of fun; laughing stock

noun:

• politician (esp. one who works only for their own personal gain) - derogatory term

noun:

• wrestler who keeps going up and down the rankings - Sumo term

noun:

• cemetery for those who left no relatives behind; potter's field - four character idiom

noun:

• someone who makes their living selling women into prostitution; pimp; procurer - archaism

noun:

• someone who asks others for answers without first researching by himself - slang

noun:

• marriage between two people who met over the Internet - obscure term - slang ➜ パソコン

noun:

• person who sees someone else off (e.g. at the airport) ➜ 迎え人

noun:

• person who goes to greet someone (e.g. at the airport) ➜ 送り人【おくりびと】

noun:

• somebody who is bad at horse-riding
• a fidgety, restless person

noun / ~する noun:

• university graduate who has failed to find a high-paying job

noun:

• monks who practise austerity to the point of death and mummification

noun:

• passing by flying - archaism
• fickle heart; man who frequently meets with harlots - archaism

noun:

• previously unknown girl who becomes famous overnight - From English "Cinderella girl"

noun:

• person who beheads somebody to end a seppuku ➜ 介錯
• assistant; helper

noun:

• men who were subject to taxes and forced labor (ritsuryo system)

noun:

• devoted fan who shows up at every event (concert, etc.); groupie - from おまえいつでもいるな - abbreviation - slang

noun / ~の noun:

• amateur; layman; ordinary person; novice Antonym: 玄人【くろうと】

noun:

• respectable woman (not a prostitute, hostess, geisha, etc.) ➜ 玄人【くろうと】
• unlicensed prostitute - archaism - Kyōto dialect ➜ 私娼

noun:

• gung-ho organization (corporate) man (woman); go-getter worker; hard-driving worker; workaholic employee - four character idiom

noun:

• crib sheet; cheat sheet - From English "cunning paper"
• large sketchbook used during TV filming to notify the cast of special stage direction, relay messages, etc.

noun:

• system used during the Edo era where commoners had to register with a temple in order to prove their Buddhist faith

noun:

• system used during the Edo era where commoners had to register with a temple in order to prove their Buddhist faith ➜ 寺請制度

noun:

• rainy season (in Japan from early June to mid-July)
• rain during the rainy season

noun / ~の noun:

• past days; bygone days; days of yore; the olden days

~の noun / noun:

• while still alive; during one's lifetime

noun:

• break between the light meal and the actual serving of tea (during a formal tea ceremony)