expression:

• fools use people to pick up things lying at their own feet; stupidity of using people for small things - idiom

noun:

• handshake event; handshake session; event where it is possible to shake hands with a celebrity, sportsperson, pop star, etc.

noun:

• tearing someone in two by tying their legs to two carts moving in opposite directions (form of medieval punishment)

expression:

• all is well that ends well; it will all come good in the end - proverb

noun:

• All's Well That Ends Well (play by Shakespeare)

noun:

• small tatami room
• extension of the main room of a home (in traditional palatial-style architecture) ➜ 放ち出
• room smaller than four and a half tatami (in tea ceremony)

noun:

• Dear (so and so); Dear Sir; Dear Madam; To Whom It May Concern - letters beginning with this typically end with 敬具

noun:

• person to be reckoned with; person of importance
• one person; one character; someone

particle:

• indicates reason or excuse - used as a conjunction or at sentence-end, often as 〜ものな, 〜ものね
• indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged - at sentence-end - female language

noun / ~する noun:

• grilling (fish) with salt; broiling with salt
• boiling seawater to get salt

noun:

• open-reel tape; reel-to-reel tape

noun:

• remote island; distant island ［えんとう・とおじま］
• punishment by exile to a remote island ［えんとう・おんとう］

noun / ~する noun:

• adding a penalty to a crime (e.g. fines, prison); penalizing a crime

noun:

• briefing a patient about a disease; treating a patient by talking to them - abbreviation ➜ ムントテラピー

noun:

• tailor-made suit; tailored suit; made-to-measure suit - From English "order suit"

noun:

• face
• mask; face guard
• (in kendo) striking the head - Martial Arts term
• surface (esp. a geometrical surface)
• page

noun / suffix:

• aspect; facet; side
• chamfer

counter:

• counter for broad, flat objects, levels or stages, e.g. in a video game

noun:

• rainy sky; sky as it looks when it is about to rain; threatening sky

expression:

• don't feel like doing; can't bring oneself to do; can't face - after a verb

expression:

• if you are free; if you have time to spare; if not otherwise engaged ➜ 暇【ひま】

noun:

• tax system research commission; tax system research council; select committee on the taxation system; tax commission

noun:

• tax system research commission; tax system research council; select committee on the taxation system; tax commission - abbreviation ➜ 税制調査会【ぜいせいちょうさかい】

noun:

• beast (i.e. any animal other than man)
• person reborn into the animal realm - Buddhism term ➜ 畜生道
• brute (i.e. a contemptible human being)

interjection:

• damn it; damn; Christ; for Christ's sake - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• Hundred Schools of Thought; general term for the large number of scholars and controversialists, and their respective schools, that flourished during China's Spring and Autumn period and Warring States period - four character idiom

noun:

• holding a job; being employed ［ゆうしょく］ Antonym: 無職
• being learned; being knowledgeable - archaism
• having great artistic talent; being a skilled performer - archaism
• being well-versed in usages or practices of the court or military households - archaism

noun:

• little shop; small shop; small store
• my shop ［しょうてん］ - humble language
• low class whorehouse in Fujiwara (Edo period); low class brothel ［こみせ］
• passage formed under the eaves of houses after heavy snowfalls (Tōhoku region) ［こみせ］

noun:

• bottle of whiskey (whisky) that a bar customer buys, writes his name on, keeps on a shelf at the bar, and drinks little by little on successive visits - From English "keep bottle"