noun:

• being kept standing (without doing anything); remaining on one's feet
• beggar; tramp
• prostitute; streetwalker
• tout (for a hostess bar)
• street drug pusher
• day laborer standing and waiting for a job.

noun / ~する noun:

• employment of workers through (personal) connections; getting a job through one's personal connection - four character idiom

noun:

• destination; place where one is visiting

noun:

• impoverishment of fishermen because of a bumper catch; decline in fishermen's income caused by the sharply lower fish prices as a result of an overabundant catch - four character idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to bow; to bow one's head
• to apologize; to apologise
• to bow to; to yield to; to admire

adjectival noun / noun:

• being older or a senior; the first half of the year

expression / adjective:

• not mince matters; not mince one's words

noun:

• Bunten exhibition; annual art exhibition sponsored by the Ministry of Education (antecedent of the Nitten exhibition) ➜ 文展【ぶんてん】

noun:

• starburst galaxy; galaxy in the process of an exceptionally high rate of star formation - Astronomy term

noun:

• block booking; system where distributors sell multiple films to cinemas as a unit ➜ フリーブッキング

noun:

• Rocky Mountains; the Rockies

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to stick it out; to see it to the end

noun:

• Okikurumi; mythical founder god of the Ainu - From Ainu

expression / noun:

• cold war; the Cold War ➜ 冷戦

noun:

• men and women; the whole town

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be bad for health; to affect one's health

noun:

• yotsugana; the four kana (ji, di, zu, du) - じ,ぢ,ず,づ - Linguistics term

noun:

• owner-operator company; corporation in which the business manager is also the major stockholder

noun:

• manjū; steamed yeast bun with filling

noun:

• statutory rape; sexual activity with a minor under the age of consent - Law term

noun / ~する noun:

• being enraged (indignant, impatient); gnashing the teeth and clenching the arms on the breast (in anger or regret) - four character idiom

noun:

• Dusicyon; genus containing the Falkland Islands wolf

noun:

• product past its prime; TV show, video game, etc. that has jumped the shark - abbr. of 終わったコンテンツ - abbreviation - slang

noun:

• surrounding seas; surrounded by the sea

noun:

• iai; art of drawing one's sword, cutting down one's opponent and sheathing the sword afterwards ➜ 居合い
• iai sword-drawing performance (used during the Edo period to sell medicine and other wares)