noun:

• period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
• apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture - abbreviation ➜ 年季奉公
• one-year period ［年期］

noun / ~の noun:

• once in a lifetime; the first and last occurrence (event, experience) of one's lifetime - four character idiom

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to become bald from the forehead; to recede (of one's hairline)

noun:

• word of respect added to the addressee's name on a letter
• under the desk

noun:

• (lying on one's belly and) basking in the sun; sunbathing (e.g. on a beach)

adjectival noun / noun:

• having one's hands full; not having any room to do more; at the limit

noun:

• retribution; retributive justice; karma; just deserts; poetic justice; reward and punishment for one's past behavior - four character idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to keep one's distance from someone (due to fear or because that person is superior) - idiom

noun:

• luggage trunk for wrestlers and referees; wicker basket for a wrestler's belt, apron, etc. - Sumo term

noun / adjectival noun:

• being faithful to one's principles; being of firm purpose and deep commitment; constancy; true blue - four character idiom

ichidan verb:

• to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain in the same neighborhood

expression:

• for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)

expression:

• making something strong even stronger; solidifying something's chances; giving a metal rod to an ogre [literal] - idiom

noun:

• dance performance held in April by geisha and maiko in Kyoto's Gion district

noun:

• dripping liquid (soup, sauce, etc.) from the tips of one's chopsticks (a breach of etiquette)

noun:

• any large, red, deep-water scorpionfish with big eyes
• Matsubara's red rockfish (Sebastes matsubarae) ➜ 赤魚鯛

noun / ~の noun:

• one's circumstances or condition, esp. compared to that of another ➜ ばつが悪い
• coherence (e.g. of a conversation)

noun:

• stream of water cascading onto one's back (in an onsen); pelting water; waterfall shower

noun:

• northern side house (to the rear of a main residence; often home to one's wife) ➜ 対の屋

expression:

• like a pigeon who's been shot by a peashooter (i.e. wide-eyed in shock)

expression / adjective:

• With the best will in the world, you can't say that it's good

expression / noun:

• pretext for not revealing something (e.g. actual reason for one's failure, vested interest, etc.)

noun:

• children's game similar to Statues or Red Light Green Light; Bodhidharma fell down

noun:

• permanent edition; timeless edition; collector's version; only issue of non-regularly printed magazine or mook

expression / adjective:

• all bark and no bite; unable to live up to one's claims