noun:

• rear gate (esp. of castle); back entrance ➜ 大手【おおて】
• one who arrests
• force attacking the rear of a castle ➜ 大手【おおて】
• (opponent's) weak point

noun:

• locking the barn door after the horse has bolted; doing something too late; mending the pen after the sheep are lost [literal] - four character idiom

expression:

• man proposes, God disposes; man does what man can do then awaits the verdict of heaven (or fate) [literal] - proverb

noun:

• cherry tree in leaf; cherry tree whose blossoms have fallen, revealing the young leaves

noun:

• being kept uninformed; being cut off; out of the loop - sensitive
• upper gallery (where one can't hear); blind seat - archaism

expression:

• constant dripping wears away the stone; little strokes fell great oaks; limited strength, when persistently applied, can accomplish great feats - four character idiom

expression / adjective:

• weak-headed; can't drink much; can't hold one's liquor; can't take one's drink; easily gets drunk

noun:

• garbage can; rubbish bin; trash can; dustbin

noun:

• working the corners; hitting the corners of the plate; pitcher's technique of throwing a ball aiming at the edge of the strike zone - Baseball term - From English "corner work"
• cornering skill (skating, driving, etc.)

noun:

• someone from one's own province (China) ➜ 外省人
• someone whose ancestors had lived in Taiwan before the Kuomintang related immigration wave ➜ 外省人

noun:

• event where schoolchildren wash their inkstones, brushes and desks the night before Tanabata to pray for success in their studies - obscure term ➜ 七夕

noun:

• elder brother; one's senior - colloquialism - familiar language ➜ 兄貴
• dashing young man; gallant young lad

noun:

• young greens; young herbs

noun:

• young master; young gentleman - honorific language

noun:

• young sweetfish; young ayu

noun:

• young lord; young nobleman - obscure term

noun:

• young person; youth ➜ 老いも若きも

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• young

noun:

• Chinese coinage produced during the reign of the Yongle Emperor (used in Japan from the Muromachi period to the early Edo period)

conjunction:

• in the event that it did not (or does not) exist; without

conjunction:

• without; in the event that it did not (or does not) exist ➜ 無くしては

noun:

• the "three noes principle" of no drive (indolence), no interest (indifference), and no sense of responsibility (irresponsibility), the term describing the temperament of the Japanese youth of the 1970s - four character idiom

noun:

• speech used by the speaker to convey the social stature between the speaker and listener; language conveying that the speaker is of greater social status than the listener - honorific language

noun:

• probe into the truth (of the matter); dig into the real facts of the case; get at the root of a matter - four character idiom

noun:

• dimness; dimly lit place

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to sell out before the price falls (usu. shares); to sell at a profit