noun:

• outrider; herald
• rikishi who leads the yokozuna to the ring prior to his ring-entering ceremony - Sumo term

noun:

• classmate; graduates in the same class
• wrestlers who began their professional careers in the same tournament - Sumo term

noun:

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

expression:

• A cornered rat will bite the cat; One who is cornered will fight like a devil - 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］

noun:

• a question (an issue) of where responsibility (liability) lies; a question of who is responsible (to blame) - four character idiom

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

noun:

• man who scatters beans on Setsubun ➜ 節分
• small man; little man
• lewd little man

noun / ~の noun:

• one portion; one serving; one person

noun / ~の noun / adjectival noun:

• adult; grown-up; person who has come of age

~の noun / adjectival noun:

• fully fledged; established; qualified

noun / ~の noun:

• late-growing rice - esp. 晩稲
• late-ripening crops; late-blooming flowers - esp. 晩生
• late developer (e.g. child who reaches puberty late); late bloomer - esp. 奥手, 晩熟

noun:

• ready fire-power; battle-ready forces; immediate asset (to a team or firm); someone who can be an immediately effective player or worker - Business, Sports term

noun:

• host in a bar for male homosexuals; effeminate man who talks and dresses like a woman; young male homosexual - From English "gay boy"

noun:

• single person who earns enough to live alone but prefers to live rent-free with his or her parents - From English "parasite single"

expression:

• those who resort to blandishments and fawning smiles are apt to lack compassion; a honeyed tongue with a heart of gall - archaism ➜ 巧言令色

pre-noun adjectival:

• the usual; as it always is
• said; that (previously-mentioned person or object); aforementioned; you-know-(who, what, etc.)

adverb:

• in the usual way - archaism

noun:

• three wise monkeys (who "see no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil") ➜ 見猿・言わ猿・聞か猿

noun / ~の noun:

• money monger; money-happy person; person who is money-mad; money-grubber

noun:

• karayuki-san; young Japanese women who were sent to work (mainly as prostitutes) in foreign countries, esp. in Southeast Asia (Meiji to early Showa)

adjectival noun / noun:

• poor correspondent; apparent disdain of (or trouble with) writing; someone who appears to dislike (or be poor at) writing

suffix noun:

• used after the name of someone who is an older brother figure - familiar language

noun:

• used with various honorifics to mean (older) brother ➜ お兄さん

suffix noun:

• used after the name of someone who is an older sister figure - familiar language ➜ 兄【にい】

noun:

• used with various honorifics to mean (older) sister ➜ お姉さん

noun:

• barker; tout; hawker; someone who attempts to attract patrons to entertainment events, shops, bars, and such, by exhorting passing public

~する noun:

• calling out to potential customers