noun / adjectival noun:

• appropriate to one's lot in life; within one's means; fitting to one's position; suitable to one's social status - four character idiom

noun:

• actor who specializes in ruffian roles (specialises)

noun:

• woman who works in the sex industry

noun:

• loan shark who specializes in refinancing debts

noun:

• female servant who works in the kitchen ➜ 水仕事

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) ➜ 唐行き【からゆき】

noun:

• lucky person; someone who made a lot of money (e.g. gambling or on the stock market)
• skilled batter; batter on a hot streak - Baseball term
• accident faker; someone who jumps in front of cars on purpose to extort money
• barbershop

godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:

• to shine ➜ 射す
• to be visible
• to be tinged with
• to rise (of water levels); to flow in
• to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one ➜ 気が差す・魔が差す

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to hold up (an umbrella, etc.); to put up; to raise
• to extend one's arm straight ahead (in dance) ➜ 指す
• to insert; to put in ➜ 挿す
• to wear (a sword) in one's belt; to wear at one's side; to carry under one's arm ➜ 挿す
• to insert one's arm under an opponent's arm - Sumo term
• to pole (a boat) ➜ 刺す
• to pour; to add (liquid); to serve (drinks) ➜ 注す
• to put on (lipstick, etc.); to apply; to colour; to dye
• to light (a fire); to burn
• to shut; to close; to lock; to fasten ➜ 鎖す【さす】

suffix / godan ~す verb:

• to stop in the midst of; to leave undone - after the -masu stem of a verb ➜ 止す【さす】

noun:

• comedian who plays a lover's part; man who is both handsome and fun - halfway between 二枚目 and 三枚目 - four character idiom

noun:

• who's who

expression:

• he who touches pitch shall be defiled therewith; one rotten apple spoils the barrel - proverb

noun:

• inscription on the bathtub of King Tang ("If you can renovate yourself one day, then you can do so every day, and keep doing so day after day.")

expression:

• there in body, but not in spirit; distracted; in one ear and out the other

noun:

• monument to the faithful who died in battle

noun:

• monument to the faithful who died in battle

noun:

• person who has great confidence (faith) in himself

noun:

• someone who battles on in difficult circumstances

noun:

• student who can't keep up in school - sensitive

noun:

• mother who is interested in trains - slang - abbreviation ➜ 鉄道

noun:

• Jurchen pirate tribe who invaded Tsushima in 1019 - From Korean "doe"

noun:

• cineast; someone who works in the movie industry

noun:

• taste (of a liquid, esp. alcoholic beverages) - usu. のみくち
• someone who enjoys alcohol
• place one's lips touch on the rim of a cup
• shape of one's mouth when drinking
• tap; faucet; spigot - usu. のみぐち

noun:

• son and heir; son who will succeed one

noun:

• worker who only does one task; single skill worker Antonym: 多能工【たのうこう】

expression:

• one who experiences a chronic ailment takes better care of his health and lives longer - four character idiom