expression:

• anyone can see that; it's obvious that

noun:

• being kept standing (without doing anything); remaining on one's feet
• beggar; tramp
• prostitute; streetwalker
• tout (for a hostess bar)
• street drug pusher
• day laborer standing and waiting for a job.

noun / ~する noun:

• employment of workers through (personal) connections; getting a job through one's personal connection - four character idiom

noun:

• impoverishment of fishermen because of a bumper catch; decline in fishermen's income caused by the sharply lower fish prices as a result of an overabundant catch - four character idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to bow; to bow one's head
• to apologize; to apologise
• to bow to; to yield to; to admire

expression / adjective:

• not mince matters; not mince one's words

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be bad for health; to affect one's health

noun:

• iai; art of drawing one's sword, cutting down one's opponent and sheathing the sword afterwards ➜ 居合い
• iai sword-drawing performance (used during the Edo period to sell medicine and other wares)

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• self-publishing; publishing at one's own expense

noun:

• 1995 Okinawa rape incident; kidnapping and rape of a 12-year-old Japanese girl by three U.S. servicemen stationed in Okinawa

expression / ichidan verb:

• to take care of; to bring up under one's personal care
• to kill with one's own hands
• to do personally; to handle (e.g. a job)
• to request that someone deal with (something)

noun:

• forecastle; fo'c's'le

noun:

• second arrow; second string to one's bow

expression:

• cannot do a thing; feeling handcuffed; being at the end of one's tether; being at one's wit's end

noun:

• finger; one's finger

adverb:

• sound of cracking branches; sound made when cracking one's knuckles - onomatopoeia

pre-noun adjectival:

• my; one's own - が indicates possession

expression:

• I ...; one ... - が indicates subject

noun:

• Marquesas butterflyfish (Chaetodon declivis declivis); Wilder's butterflyfish (Chaetodon declivis wilderi)

noun:

• for women; women's article ➜ 女物

noun:

• chaperoning; monitoring someone's behaviour
• watchdog; chaperone; watcher

noun:

• pinfall; pinning an opponent's shoulders to the ground (e.g. in wrestling)

noun / ~の noun:

• lifetime supply; lifetime's worth (of something)

noun:

• popular view; laymen's opinion

noun:

• translation with notes; translator's notes

noun:

• foil; someone to look as if he's putting up a fight but actually have no chance of winning