noun:

• tub-thumping preacher; preacher (priest) who is good at delivering a sermon; pulpiteer (usually with contemptuous implication) - four character idiom

noun:

• Levite; member of the Hebrew tribe of Levi (who served a religious function)

noun:

• new breed of humans (used to refer to the younger generation, who have different ideals and sensibilities)

expression:

• "laugh and grow fat" [figurative]; good fortune and happiness will come to the home of those who smile [literal] - from Chi: 打開笑門福自來 - proverb

noun:

• Edo-era street merchant who carried wares hanging from a pole, hawking them in the street - obscure term

noun:

• incapacitated rape; sexual assault against somebody who is intoxicated, asleep or otherwise unable to consent or resist - Law term

noun:

• over-demanding parent; parent who makes selfish and unreasonable demands on behalf of their child - abbreviation - From English "monster parent" ➜ モンスターペアレント

interjection:

• welcome; come in; response to a visitor at one's house who has asked to be shown inside - used by samurai families - archaism ➜ 頼もう【たのもう】

noun:

• purificatory font at shrines and temples
• kitchen
• cupboard
• room adjacent to a tea ceremony room, where utensils are washed
• vendor of drinking water
• building for taking refuge during a flood

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to be traced; to be tracked (by someone) - idiom
• to have a lover (for a woman) - idiom

noun:

• whole year; all year round; throughout the year

adverb:

• always; all the time; perpetually ［ねんじゅう・ねんぢゅう］

noun:

• during an era
• middle class (of a nursery school, etc.) ［ねんちゅう］

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to have a nightmare
• to make a noise during a nightmare

noun:

• falling (down); tumbling (down); falling to the ground
• failure; failing
• renouncing Christianity and converting to Buddhism (during the Edo period); apostasy
• batter (construction technique)

noun:

• illegal resident (in a country); illegal alien; illegal overstayer (person who has overstayed their visa)

noun:

• emperor; living god; god incarnate
• miracle-working god (who appears as the occasion demands)

noun:

• various intimate services (e.g. massage) rendered by a female high school student or young woman wearing a high school uniform ➜ ＪＫビジネス【ジェイケイビジネス】

noun / ~の noun / ~する noun:

• disguising oneself as a man; dressing as a man (for a woman); male clothing ➜ 女装【じょそう】

noun / ~する noun:

• male coming of age ceremony
• for a woman to shave her eyebrows, dye her teeth and wear her hair in the marumage style after marrying (Edo period)

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• like an old man; like an old woman

noun:

• ganguro; young girl who heavily tans her skin, bleaches her hair and wears heavy make-up - poss. also from ガンガン黒い ➜ ギャル

noun:

• writers and artists; persons who take delight in such refined pursuits as poetry, literature, painting and calligraphy - four character idiom

noun:

• poets and artists; persons who take delight in such refined pursuits as poetry, literature, painting, and calligraphy - four character idiom

noun:

• gifted young person who shows much promise; unrecognized genius; great person whose talent is hidden under a bushel - four character idiom

noun:

• gifted young person who shows much promise; unrecognized genius; great person whose talent is hidden under a bushel - four character idiom

noun:

• "winner" of a meal paid for by dutch treat (i.e. the person who eats the most) - slang ➜ 割り勘負け