noun:

• brothel fronting as a tea house, inn, restaurant, etc.

noun:

• brothel fronting as a tea house, inn, restaurant, etc.

noun:

• brothel fronting as a tea house, inn, restaurant, etc.

noun:

• dried and pressed boiled herring (used as fertilizer)

noun:

• baked donut (as opposed to deep-fried)

noun:

• bitter orange juice, used in cooking as a vinegar - Food term ➜ ポン酢・ポンス・橙【だいだい】

noun:

• kanji (esp. used as phonetic symbols); man's handwriting - archaism ➜ 万葉仮名・女仮名

noun:

• authentic text (as opposed to a copy or duplicate) ➜ 正文【せいぶん】

noun:

• invention developed as a result of one's work ➜ 職務発明

expression / adjectival noun:

• tasteless; dry as dust; insipid; flat; dull

noun:

• person doing the actual work (as opposed to management)

noun:

• wild grasses and flowers (esp. as objects of beauty)

noun:

• merit system (as opposed to seniority); meritocracy; ability-ism

expression:

• just as one was told; like she (he) said

expression:

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

expression / ichidan verb:

• to have (a) potential for ...; to have it in one to do

expression:

• briefly; in short; in a nutshell; in summary; to put it briefly

noun:

• everybody's friend; person who is affable to everybody - oft. used derogatively
• flawlessly beautiful woman; flawless beauty

noun:

• focus of one's attention; what one is looking for ➜ 目の付け所

expression:

• there is little to choose between the two; they're both about the same - idiom

noun:

• person whose presence is unwelcome, unnecessary or a nuisance; fifth wheel; third wheel; interloper

expression:

• nurture over nature; how one is brought up matters more than one's origins - proverb

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 / ~する noun:

• resultative (refers to a conjunction where what follows is a result of the preceding)

noun:

• bonze; monk
• monk's dwelling ［ぼう］
• boy; sonny - vocative
• I; me ［ぼう］ - used by male children

suffix:

• little ［ぼう］ - after name; familiar form of address - familiar language
• person who is ... ［ぼう］ - often preceded by ん