expression:

• poverty is a stranger to industry; diligence is the mother of good fortune - proverb

noun / ~する noun:

• forced relocation of a daimyo to a different domain by the Edo shogunate

expression:

• cream rises to the top; a drill in a bag (will always poke through) [literal] - proverb

expression:

• a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course

expression:

• not knowing what to do with the time one has on one's hand - unorthodox form ➜ 間が持てない

expression / adjective:

• knowing how to swim with the tide; being good at dealing with things ➜ 要領がいい【ようりょうがいい】

noun:

• former Christian (forced to apostatize during the Edo period); fallen Christian

noun / ~する noun:

• helping a long-term employee to establish a branch of the same shop

expression:

• nowhere in sight; seems to be no prospect; up in the air - usu. as ～のめどが立たない, etc. ➜ めどが立つ【めどがたつ】

expression:

• nowhere in sight; seems to be no prospect; up in the air - usu. as ～のめどが立たず, etc. ➜ めどが立つ【めどがたつ】・めどが立たない

noun / ~する noun:

• not giving up; keeping at it until one succeeds; falling seven times, getting up eight times [literal] - idiom

noun:

• the vicissitudes of life; ups and downs in life - idiom

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to wait for a long time; to wait and wait; to eagerly await

noun:

• fount of knowledge; the smart one (of a group of people); brains - idiom
• bag full of wisdom; bag containing all the world's wisdom

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

noun / ~する noun:

• riding in the same carriage (car) (with a superior); attending on (one's superior) in the same carriage

conjunction:

• If that's the case ...; If so ...; That being the case ...

noun:

• seafood; products of the sea; marine products; fruits of the sea ➜ 山の幸

noun:

• top of the foot; instep; dorsum of the foot; dorsum pedis

noun:

• break in the rain
• waiting for a break in the rain

noun:

• seafood; products of the sea; marine products; fruits of the sea ➜ 山幸

noun:

• being narrow in the middle; something narrow in the middle - obscure term
• mallet - archaism ➜ 杵

noun:

• first wind of the season (esp. the first wind of autumn) - archaism

noun:

• the Seven Wise Men (of Greece); the Seven Sages of Greece ➜ 七賢

interjection / noun:

• crying "banzai" (or raising one's hands in the banzai gesture)
• something worthy of celebration
• giving up ［ばんざい］
• long time - archaism
• eternal life (and prosperity) - archaism

interjection:

• banzai (a celebratory cheer); hurrah (hooray, hurray)

noun / ~する noun:

• changing household registry; transfer (e.g. of one's name in the register)
• transferring to a different team - Sports term