expression:

• A cornered rat will bite the cat; One who is cornered will fight like a devil - four character idiom

noun:

• young people who are constantly typing on their phones with their thumbs
• people obsessed with pachinko

noun:

• low-class actor (kabuki); actor who plays in low-class or cheap theater - four character idiom

noun:

• music performed by women
• women who performed court Bugaku music and dance ［じょがく］

yodan ~ふ verb (archaic) / transitive:

• to talk together - archaism
• to be close; to be intimate; to form an intimate relationship (between a man and a woman) - archaism
• to win someone over - archaism

expression:

• take care of the penny; he who makes fun of one sen will cry at one sen [literal] - proverb ➜ 一円を笑う者は一円に泣く・一銭

expression:

• take care of the penny; he who makes fun of one yen will cry at one yen [literal] - proverb

noun:

• man who scatters beans on Setsubun ➜ 節分
• small man; little man
• lewd little man

noun / ~の noun:

• one portion; one serving; one person

noun / ~の noun / adjectival noun:

• adult; grown-up; person who has come of age

~の noun / adjectival noun:

• fully fledged; established; qualified

noun / ~の noun:

• late-growing rice - esp. 晩稲
• late-ripening crops; late-blooming flowers - esp. 晩生
• late developer (e.g. child who reaches puberty late); late bloomer - esp. 奥手, 晩熟

noun:

• ready fire-power; battle-ready forces; immediate asset (to a team or firm); someone who can be an immediately effective player or worker - Business, Sports term

noun:

• single person who earns enough to live alone but prefers to live rent-free with his or her parents - From English "parasite single"

expression:

• those who resort to blandishments and fawning smiles are apt to lack compassion; a honeyed tongue with a heart of gall - archaism ➜ 巧言令色

pre-noun adjectival:

• the usual; as it always is
• said; that (previously-mentioned person or object); aforementioned; you-know-(who, what, etc.)

adverb:

• in the usual way - archaism

noun / ~する noun:

• invoking a deity during a festival held in that deity's honor
• medium's invocation of a deity to take possession of her (to receive his divine message or revelation) ➜ 巫女【みこ】

noun:

• three wise monkeys (who "see no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil") ➜ 見猿・言わ猿・聞か猿

particle:

• while; during; as
• while; although; though; despite; in spite of; notwithstanding ➜ 我ながら
• all; both ➜ 二つながら
• as (e.g. "as always", "as long ago"); in (e.g. "in tears")

noun / ~の noun:

• money monger; money-happy person; person who is money-mad; money-grubber

noun / prefix / suffix:

• medium; average; middle

noun:

• moderation
• middle school - abbreviation ➜ 中一・中学校
• China - abbreviation ➜ 中国
• volume two (of three) - abbreviation ➜ 中巻

suffix noun:

• during (a certain time when one did or is doing something); under (construction, etc.); while ➜ 話し中
• in; out of (e.g. three out of ten people) ➜ 中【じゅう】

noun:

• karayuki-san; young Japanese women who were sent to work (mainly as prostitutes) in foreign countries, esp. in Southeast Asia (Meiji to early Showa)

adjectival noun / noun:

• poor correspondent; apparent disdain of (or trouble with) writing; someone who appears to dislike (or be poor at) writing

suffix noun:

• used after the name of someone who is an older brother figure - familiar language

noun:

• used with various honorifics to mean (older) brother ➜ お兄さん

suffix noun:

• used after the name of someone who is an older sister figure - familiar language ➜ 兄【にい】

noun:

• used with various honorifics to mean (older) sister ➜ お姉さん

noun:

• décolleté; décolletage; the part of a woman's chest and back exposed by a low neckline - From French
• robe décolletée; low-cut dress - abbreviation - From French ➜ ローブデコルテ

noun / ~の noun:

• low-cut (neckline style); décolleté - From French

noun:

• barker; tout; hawker; someone who attempts to attract patrons to entertainment events, shops, bars, and such, by exhorting passing public

~する noun:

• calling out to potential customers