expression:

• as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of)
• apart from... (used to change the topic)
• even (e.g. "not even a single person") - before a negative form
• thinking that...; trying to... - after a volitional form ➜ とする

noun:

• strong-willed person; old hand; shrewd rascal; wily fox; desperate character; formidable woman
• strong man; brave man

noun:

• ninja (persons in feudal Japan who used ninjutsu for the purposes of espionage, assassination, sabotage, etc.) ➜ 忍術

noun / ~の noun:

• farce; charade

noun:

• person who serves tea
• short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)

~の noun / noun:

• cased; boxed
• precious; cherished

noun:

• girl who has been sheltered from the world - abbreviation ➜ 箱入り娘
• one's special talent ➜ おはこ

noun:

• miler; competitor in one-mile races
• person who uses airlines' mileage services, frequent-flyer points, etc. - From English "miler"

noun:

• young men with deep tans (or dark makeup) who wear white eyeliner and lipstick - slang

noun:

• photographer, usually an amateur, who likes to take pictures of models and presenter ladies in exhibitions - abbreviation ➜ カメラ小僧

noun:

• former Christian missionary who apostatized and converted to Buddhism (during the Edo period) ➜ バテレン

noun:

• rush of business; versatility; man who can do the work of many - four character idiom

noun:

• pupils who are not members of any school club; go-home club [literal] - humorous term ➜ 幽霊部員

noun:

• male who likes comics depicting male homosexual love (usually targeted to women) ➜ ボーイズラブ・腐女子

noun:

• male who likes comics depicting male homosexual love (usually targeted to women) ➜ ボーイズラブ

noun:

• unpopular man; man who isn't well-liked by women - slang ➜ 喪女【もじょ】

expression / noun:

• people who partied flamboyantly in Harajuku, etc. in the 70s and 80s

noun:

• footwear carrier; servant who carried his master's footwear ➜ 沓取
• professional jester ➜ たいこもち

noun:

• teapot-like object made typically of lacquerware and used to pour hot and cold liquids
• basin of water with two handles on either side used for washing one's face or hands ➜ 盥

expression:

• as ... - archaism

noun:

• returning to normal after all is said and done

expression:

• some things are better left unsaid; silence is golden - proverb

noun:

• the place where one is sent on an errand

expression:

• There is nothing more that can be done

noun:

• swimming pool lane which is longer than 50 meters

noun:

• mobile van where blood is collected from donors; bloodmobile

expression:

• (it doesn't matter what) anything is OK - colloquialism ➜ 何でもいい