noun:

• scholar beholden to the government; self-serving academic; scholar who toadies up to government authorities - four character idiom

noun:

• young people who are constantly typing on their phones with their thumbs
• people obsessed with pachinko

noun:

• low-class actor (kabuki); actor who plays in low-class or cheap theater - four character idiom

noun:

• music performed by women
• women who performed court Bugaku music and dance ［じょがく］

expression:

• It is justifiable to kill one (harmful) person to save the lives of many - four character idiom

particle:

• particle used to indicate that what precedes it is an extreme example and strongly negates it ➜ どころか

adverb / ~の noun:

• strongly hoping or requesting (of something that is difficult to be brought to fruition)

noun:

• Galeocerdo (genus in the family Carcharhinidae whose sole member is the tiger shark)

noun:

• Paracanthurus (genus in the family Acanthuridae whose sole member is the palette surgeonfish)

noun:

• Seven Bridge; Japanese card game where the '7' card is special

expression / noun:

• things to do; must-do items; one's duty; what is required

noun:

• paid media (marketing activity that is paid for; e.g. advertising) ➜ オウンドメディア・アーンドメディア

expression:

• the parent is the best judge of the child - proverb

noun:

• favored geisha; beloved geisha; geisha somebody is showing favor to

expression:

• take care of the penny; he who makes fun of one sen will cry at one sen [literal] - proverb ➜ 一円を笑う者は一円に泣く・一銭

expression:

• take care of the penny; he who makes fun of one yen will cry at one yen [literal] - proverb

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to play a trick; to put up a false show; to deceive someone
• to put on a play; to present a play; to give a play - original meaning

adjectival noun / noun / ~する noun:

• pop
• signage; display; billboard (as used to decorate arcade games)

expression:

• ... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected (from ...)

noun:

• footwear (esp. outdoor shoes, as opposed to slippers, etc.); footgear

adjectival noun / noun:

• looking or acting as if one owned the place

noun:

• headhunting; collecting the heads of dead enemies as trophies

noun:

• national uniform (such as mandated for Japanese males in 1940)

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• clear; translucent; brilliant; sweetly ringing (as the tinklings of jade)

adverb:

• as if it were true; with seeming truth; plausibly ➜ 実しやか