noun:

• stillman; workman who attends to a still (of whisky, etc.)

noun:

• downshifter; someone who has decided to live a simpler life ➜ ダウンシフト

noun:

• person who is hard to please; grouch; complainer; whiner ➜ 気難し屋

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】

~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:

• watch (timepiece)

noun / ~する noun:

• watch (turn to watch or guard something); watching

noun:

• watch cap - abbreviation ➜ ワッチキャップ

noun:

• person who goes to greet someone (e.g. at the airport) ➜ 送り人【おくりびと】

noun / ~する noun:

• university graduate who has failed to find a high-paying job

noun:

• monks who practise austerity to the point of death and mummification

noun:

• person who beheads somebody to end a seppuku ➜ 介錯
• assistant; helper

noun:

• men who were subject to taxes and forced labor (ritsuryo system)

noun:

• stormy weather (at sea) Antonym: 凪
• poor catch of fish (due to stormy seas)
• poor turn-out; recession

expression:

• it is often the originator of problems who kicks up a fuss or complains loudest; the one who smelt it dealt it - proverb

noun:

• one's time (e.g. to go on stage); one's turn
• source; origin; place of production

noun:

• one's time (e.g. to go on stage); one's turn
• source; origin; place of production

expression:

• like the young man who tried to walk like the Kantan people, gave up, and forgot how to walk

noun:

• chivalrous man who helps the weak and fights the strong; knight in shining armor
• ruffians who act under the pretence of being chivalrous ➜ 任侠・侠客

noun:

• vamp (woman who uses sex appeal to exploit men)
• bump ［バンプ］

noun:

• demon who brings misfortune to houses or people he passes by ➜ 通り魔

noun:

• someone who became a teacher for lack of anything better to do - slang - derogatory term

noun:

• friends who sleep next to each other (without engaging in sexual activities) - abbreviation ➜ 添い寝フレンド

noun:

• tending to find things bothersome; person who tends to find most things bothersome

expression:

• do not chase one who leaves, do not reject one who comes - proverb

noun:

• someone who has a title but no real duty; useless person ➜ 取り巻き
• actor playing a daimyo who merely sets the scene as part of the background (in kabuki) - original meaning ➜ 大名

noun:

• humble samurai who served as a body guard on foot ➜ 徒侍
• bodyguards in service of the shogun who would walk ahead of him on an outing (Edo period) ➜ 徒士組【かちぐみ】