expression / ichidan verb:

• to lead (a man) around by the nose ➜ 鼻毛を読む

noun:

• man who enjoys child rearing - colloquialism ➜ 育児・いけめん

noun:

• odd but funny two-man team - pun on 名コンビ - humorous term ➜ 名コンビ

expression / noun:

• henchman; right-hand man; trusted confidant; inner circle

noun:

• sage; wise man; philosopher; disciple

noun / adjectival noun:

• sagacity; wisdom; intelligence

noun:

• thin man with well-defined musculature - colloquialism

noun:

• doing as one is told; yes-man ➜ 言いなり【いいなり】

noun:

• man-portable air-defense system; MANPADS

noun:

• man between 61 and 65 (ritsuryo system)

noun:

• women who have slept with the same man - vulgar - slang ➜ 穴兄弟

noun:

• ideal man (as a romantic partner); eligible bachelor - slang - From English "super darling"

expression:

• the virtuous man will not long remain lonely - from The Analects of Confucius - proverb

expression:

• children are a poor man's riches - proverb

expression:

• children are a poor man's riches - proverb

noun:

• young man (between 15 and 25 years old) - Kagoshima dialect

pronoun:

• I; me - archaism

noun:

• (person having) thin or shaved eyebrows

suffix:

• affectionate suffix for names of young men or pets - also 丸

noun:

• object or shape that symbolizes the vow of a buddha or bodhisattva to save all life - Buddhism term

noun:

• staff who serve or assist customers or visitors (e.g. restaurant, pachinko parlour, etc.) - From English "hall staff"

~する verb (irregular):

• to do; to carry out; to perform
• to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)
• to serve as; to act as; to work as
• to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
• to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as - as 〜にする,〜とする
• to decide on; to choose - as 〜にする

~する verb (irregular) / intransitive verb:

• to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.) - as 〜がする
• to be (in a state, condition, etc.)
• to be worth; to cost
• to pass (of time); to elapse

~する verb (irregular) / transitive:

• to place, or raise, person A to a post or status B - as AをBにする
• to transform A to B; to make A into B; to exchange A for B - as AをBにする
• to make use of A for B; to view A as B; to handle A as if it were B - as AをBにする
• to feel A about B - as AをBにする

suffix / ~する verb (irregular):

• verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs")

auxiliary verb / ~する verb (irregular):

• creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go") ➜ お願いします・御
• to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to - as 〜うとする,〜ようとする ➜ とする

noun / ~する noun:

• overseas travel (to Western countries); going abroad (to study or travel)

noun:

• store operated by a foreigner (in pre-communist China)

noun / ~の noun:

• peep; peeping

noun:

• peep show; device with lens mounted on a stand or in a box to view enlarged pictures - abbreviation ➜ 覗き機関

noun:

• avatar; incarnation of an immortal being (Hindu)
• icon or representation of a user in a shared virtual reality - IT term

noun:

• scroll containing a single line of calligraphy, often of Zen content (usu. found in a tea-ceremony room or house)

noun:

• different character; other character
• variant character; different written form of a character

noun / ~の noun:

• position in a game of go or shogi; state of the game
• aspect of an affair; situation