noun:

• footwear carrier; servant who carried his master's footwear ➜ 沓持ち

noun:

• baccalaureate; bachelor's degree

noun:

• scenic beauty of mountains and streams; fresh and clear beauty of nature's splendor - four character idiom

noun:

• door-to-door manzai; form of comedy orig. performed at people's homes by entertainers during the New Year festivities; precursor to modern day manzai ➜ 漫才

noun:

• driving skill; one's skill as a driver

noun:

• cheating heart; temptation to cheat on one's partner

noun:

• my lord; my master; one's own lord; one's own master - in kyogen, etc. - honorific language ➜ 頼うだ人

noun:

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

noun:

• deceased person; traveler on one's last journey (traveller)

noun:

• retired husband syndrome; stress syndrome resulting from one's husband being at home

expression / adjective:

• beyond help; there's nothing that can be done - idiom

expression:

• the end of the world; the world is beyond saving; there's no hope for the future; this degenerate age

noun / ~する noun:

• hum; meditation; painstaking elaboration on one's poem; groaning in distress

godan ~す verb:

• to persuade by tears; to use tears to get one's way

noun:

• Coming of Age Day (second Monday in January. Prior to 2000 was Jan 15); Adult's Day

expression:

• to avenge a defeat; to regain one's honor - idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to convulse (e.g. with laughter); to split one's sides

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to hit a nerve; to get on one's nerves ➜ 気に障る

expression:

• there are wheels within wheels; there's more than meets the eye - proverb

noun:

• personal circumstances; one's own convenience ➜ 自己都合退職

noun:

• being too clever (for one's own good); getting done in by one's own cleverness

noun:

• words; one's lines

expression / noun:

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

expression / noun:

• personal affair; one's own affair

noun:

• country; one's own country