expression:

• worthless (of a person); somebody who wouldn't be missed if they died - vulgar ➜ くたばる

noun:

• dead lay; starfish; woman who is inactive during sexual intercourse - slang - vulgar ➜ マグロ

noun:

• dogcatcher; person who used to catch dogs and execute them for rabies prevention - slang

noun:

• consumer; ordinary citizen; stakeholder

suffix:

• person who lives on (e.g. situation, income, place) ➜ 路上生活者

noun:

• person who judges which god or spirit has taken possession of a miko - archaism - obscure term - Shintō term

noun:

• woman who puts thick white powder on her neck; low class prostitute - derogatory term

noun:

• person who is satisfied with his or her real (offline) life - from リアル+充実 - slang ➜ リアル・充実

noun:

• person who does not contribute anything to society; poop-producing machine [literal] - slang - derogatory term - humorous term

noun:

• middle-aged woman who looks very young for her age (as through "magic") ➜ 魔女

noun:

• land given to someone who has rendered a distinguished service (ritsuryo system)

noun:

• anchorperson; anchorman ➜ アンカーマン
• reporter who gathers material from various contributors

noun:

• long sleeper; person who needs a lot of sleep

noun:

• short sleeper; person who doesn't need much sleep ➜ 短時間睡眠者【たんじかんすいみんしゃ】

expression:

• life has its ups and downs; he who falls today may rise tomorrow - proverb

godan ~ぐ verb / transitive:

• to act as an agent for; to intermediate
• to announce (someone's arrival); to answer (the door, the phone); to receive (a guest at reception); to usher in (a guest)
• to convey (a message)

adverb:

• continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; all along; the whole time; all the way - ずーっと and ずうっと are more emphatic
• much (better, etc.); by far; far and away
• far away; long ago
• direct; straight

noun:

• putting the officials and bureaucrats above the people; treating the governors as more important than the governed; statism - four character idiom

expression:

• the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence; the neighbour's flowers are redder [literal] - proverb

noun:

• armpit; under one's arm; side; flank
• beside; close to; near; by - also written as 傍, 側
• aside; to the side; away; out of the way
• off-track; off-topic
• deuteragonist; supporting role - usu. written ワキ in Noh
• second verse (in a linked series of poems) - abbreviation ➜ 脇句

noun:

• Bon Festival - esp. 精霊会 ➜ 盂蘭盆
• Buddhist service for the anniversary of the death of Shotoku Taishi (orig. the 22nd day of the 2nd month of the lunar calendar) - esp. 聖霊会

noun:

• ruby - esp. ルビー
• ruby character; small hiragana or katakana readings of kanji usually above or to the side of the kanji (esp. used by printers and in ref. to printed material) - esp. ルビ
• Ruby (programming language) ［ルビー］ - IT term

noun:

• cutting a person's sidelocks; evenly cut sidelocks (symbol of adulthood for noblewomen in the Heian era); ritual of cutting the sidelocks (coming-of-age ceremony for women from about 1568-1867) - archaism

expression:

• home is wherever one lays one's hat; you can make your living anywhere in this world; there's room for us all in the world; wherever there are humans, there are burial places [literal]

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to board; to take; to embark
• to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to jump on; to sit on; to mount ➜ 載る【のる】
• to reach; to go over; to pass
• to follow; to stay (on track); to go with (the times, etc.)
• to take part; to participate; to join
• to get into the swing (and sing, dance, etc.)
• to be deceived; to be taken in
• to be carried; to be spread; to be scattered - usu. with an adverb of manner, e.g. よく乗る
• to stick; to attach; to take; to go on - usu. with an adverb of manner, e.g. よく乗る

noun:

• the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow - Astronomy term ➜ 北斗七星
• the seven luminaries (sun, moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn) - Astronomy term ➜ 七曜