| English | Japanese |
| n a person whose services are at the disposal of another | お先棒 |
| n a person whose services are at the disposal of another | 御先棒 |
| n age of a young lady who is at the peak of her sexual attractiveness | 芳紀 |
| n an adult-age eldest son who has yet to come into his inheritance | 部屋住み |
| n ancient Chinese vehicle with a compass whose needle always pointed south | 指南車 |
| n anonymous scholarship system for orphans whose parents have been killed in traffic accidents | 足長おじさん (from Daddy-Long-Legs, a 1912 novel by Jean Webster) |
| any moth whose larvae feed on fruit | 心喰虫 |
| any moth whose larvae feed on fruit | 心喰い虫 |
| n arguing over whose field to water | 水掛け論 (e.g. during a drought) |
| n arguing over whose field to water | 水掛論 (e.g. during a drought) |
| n arguing over whose field to water | 水かけ論 (e.g. during a drought) |
| athlete who competes in the first match of a team competition | 先鋒 news2 nf32 (kendo, judo, etc.) |
| n attitude of those who assume their jobs are safe because they are government employees | 親方日の丸 |
| exp big eater who stays thin | やせの大食い |
| exp big eater who stays thin | 痩せの大食い |
| n blind female beggar who sings or plays shamisen | 瞽女 news2 nf42 |
| n vs boy who cried wolf | オオカミ少年 |
| n vs boy who cried wolf | 狼少年 |
| n boy who delivers cooked food | 出前持ち |
| n bride married woman who is little more than a girl | 幼妻 |
| n bridegroom who is loved by his bride | 乞婿 |
| n calling on someone who is ill | 御見舞い |
| n calling on someone who is ill | 御見舞 |
| n calling on someone who is ill | お見舞い |
| n calling on someone who is ill | お見舞 |
| n yoji cemetery for those who left no relatives behind | 無縁墓地 |
| n character who looks, acts, etc. like a cat | 猫娘 |
| n cherry tree whose blossoms have fallen, revealing the young leaves | 葉桜 news2 nf44 |
| child who carries on the family name | 總領 oK |
| child who carries on the family name | 惣領 |
| child who carries on the family name | 総領 |
| n child who has returned to his or her country | 帰国子女 |
| uk child who is left out of games | 味噌っ滓 |
| uk child who is left out of games | 味噌っ粕 |
| uk child who is left out of games | 味噌っかす |
| uk child who is made light of | 味噌っ粕 |
| uk child who is made light of | 味噌っ滓 |
| uk child who is made light of | 味噌っかす |
| n child who watches a lot of TV | ＴＶっ子 |
| n child who watches a lot of TV | テレビっ子 |
| n comical character who mocks or apes the main character | 牴牾 oK (in Japanese performing arts) |
| n comical character who mocks or apes the main character | 抵牾 oK (in Japanese performing arts) |
| n comical character who mocks or apes the main character | 擬 (in Japanese performing arts) |
| n comical character who mocks or apes the main character | 擬き (in Japanese performing arts) |
| n conspicuously gay male who belongs to the leather subculture and engages in bodybuilding | ハード・ゲイ |
| n conspicuously gay male who belongs to the leather subculture and engages in bodybuilding | ハードゲイ |
| n consumption of goods and services by young working adults who live at home, with their basic living expenses covered by their parents | 巣ごもり消費 |
| n corpse of a person who has met a violent death | 惨死体 |
| n couple who only go through the motions of being husband and wife | 仮面夫婦 |
| crime whose goal requires a large number of people acting together | 集合犯 (i.e. insurrection) |
| n crime whose goal requires a large number of people acting together | 集団犯 (i.e. insurrection) |
| n criminal who takes delight in people's reaction to his crimes | 愉快犯 |
| exp yoji Defeat is inevitable for one who goes second | 後手必敗 |
| exp do not chase one who leaves, do not reject one who comes | 去る者は追わず来たる者は拒まず |
| exp do not chase the one who leaves | 去る者追わず (Confucius) |
| exp do not pursue those who leave you | 去る者は追わず |
| n double grave of lovers who died together | 比翼塚 |
| n yoji emperor either male or female whose mother is was a member of the Imperial family but whose father is was not | 女系天皇 |
| n employee who joined the company in the same year as oneself | 同期 ichi1 news1 nf04 (dōki) |
| employee who pours clean hot water used for rinsing in a bathhouse | 湯くみ |
| employee who pours clean hot water used for rinsing in a bathhouse | 湯汲み |
| n ex-emperor who becomes a monk | 法皇 |
| n family of carnivorous monitor lizards whose only extant genus is Varanus | オオトカゲ科 ({n} Varanidae ***b) |
| n family of flowering plants whose only extant member is the ginkgo | イチョウ科 |
| n family of perciform fish whose sole member is the moorish idol | ツノダシ科 ({n} Zanclidae ***b) |
| n family whose only member is a species of mackerel shark known as the crocodile shark | ミズワニ科 ({n} Pseudocarchariidae ***b) |
| n family whose only member is the basking shark | ウバザメ科 ({n} Cetorhinidae ***b) |
| n family whose sole member is the rare deep water megamouth shark | メガマウス科 ({n} Megachasmidae ***b) |
| n in Japanese history, a reference to farmers who abandoned their fields and fled to the cities or other districts to evade onerous taxes | 逃散 |
| n female deity who gave birth to Japan and the sun, moon, and storm gods | 伊邪那美命 |
| n female deity who gave birth to Japan and the sun, moon, and storm gods | 伊弉冉尊 |
| n female medium who summons spirits by sounding the string of a catalpa bow | 梓巫女 |
| n female servant who works in the kitchen | 水仕女 |
| female street musician who wore a braided hat and carried a shamisen | 鳥追 |
| female street musician who wore a braided hat and carried a shamisen | 鳥追い |
| n genus of hammerhead shark in the family Sphyrnidae whose sole member is the winghead shark | インドシュモクザメ属 |
| n yoji great person whose talent is hidden under a bushel | 伏竜鳳雛 |
| n yoji great person whose talent is hidden under a bushel | 臥竜鳳雛 |
| n hero boy of Japanese folklore, who befriended animals and had supernatural strength | 金太郎 childhood name of late-Heian warrior Sakata no Kintoki |
| n humble samurai who served as a body guard on foot | 徒士衆 |
| n humble samurai who served as a body guard on foot | 徒侍 |
| exp it is I who should say so | こちらこそ |
| exp v5g it is often the originator of problems who kicks up a fuss or complains loudest | 屁と火事はもとから騒ぐ |
| n Jurchen pirate tribe who invaded Tsushima in 1019 | 刀伊 |
| n Ksitigarbha jizo who listens to people's complaints | 愚痴聞き地蔵 (statue at the Keihou Temple at Nagoya) |
| n loan shark who specializes in refinancing debts | 整理屋 |
| n local warriors, or provincial or district officials, who developed paddy field lands | 開発領主 |
| n male deity who fathered Japan and the sun, moon, and storm gods | 伊邪那岐命 |
| n male deity who fathered Japan and the sun, moon, and storm gods | 伊弉諾尊 |
| n male who likes comics depicting male homosexual love | 腐兄 (usually targeted to women) |
| n male who likes comics depicting male homosexual love | 腐男子 (usually targeted to women) |
| n yoji man who can do the work of many | 三面六臂 |
| man who carries a geisha's shamisen | 箱屋 |
| n man who causes the weather to become sunny when he gets out | 晴男 |
| n man who causes the weather to become sunny when he gets out | 晴れ男 |
| n man who has never had sex except with sex workers | 素人童貞 |
| n man who has never had sex except with sex workers | シロウト童貞 |
| n vulg man who has sex with many women | ヤリチン |
| n man who indulges women | フェミニスト gai1 |
| n man who is adopted by his wife's family | 入聟 |
| n man who is adopted by his wife's family | 入壻 |
| n man who is adopted by his wife's family | 入婿 |
| n man who is adopted by his wife's family | 入り婿 |
| n yoji man who is both handsome and fun | 二枚目半 halfway between 二枚目 and 三枚目 |
| man who is financially dependent on a woman | 紐 ichi1 news2 nf41 (such as a gigolo or, in the case of a prostitute, a pimp, ひも) |
| n man who is neither overly aggressive nor overly passive in pursuing sex and riches | 雑食系 |
| n man who is popular with women | モテ男 |
| n man who is uninterested in aggressively pursuing women | 草食系 |
| n man who marries a wealthy or upwardly-mobile woman | 逆玉 |
| n yoji man who never loses his youthful vigor | 万年青年 |
| man who provides for a woman | パトロン gai1 (e.g. a geisha) |
| n man who scatters beans on Setsubun | 豆男 |
| n man who takes his wife's family name and marries into her family | 入壻 |
| n man who takes his wife's family name and marries into her family | 入婿 |
| n man who takes his wife's family name and marries into her family | 入聟 |
| n man who takes his wife's family name and marries into her family | 入り婿 |
| n man whose presence seems to cause rain | 雨男 |
| mental state of a young person who does not want to become an adult | モラトリアム gai1 |
| n monk who attends to the principal image of a temple | 供奉僧 |
| n monks who practise austerity to the point of death and mummification | 即身仏 |
| n monument to the faithful who died in battle | 忠霊塔 |
| n monument to the faithful who died in battle | 忠魂碑 |
| exp no one, who he or she may be | 何人たりとも |
| n nouns whose plural has the same form as their singular | 単複同形 (e.g. sheep) |
| n official who arranges festival and rites | 祭官 |
| n official whose appointment and dismissal requires Imperial acknowledgement | 認証官 (acknowledgment) |
| officials who helped the council of elders during the Edo period | 若年寄り |
| officials who helped the council of elders during the Edo period | 若年寄 |
| n yoji older person who enjoys free and easy lifestyle unfettered by social taboos | 不良老年 |
| n parent who makes selfish and unreasonable demands on behalf of their child | モンスター・ペアレント |
| n parent who makes selfish and unreasonable demands on behalf of their child | モンスターペアレント |
| person of marriageable age who remains single | ニュー・シングル (e.g. to focus on their career) |
| person of marriageable age who remains single | ニューシングル (e.g. to focus on their career) |
| n person who achieves perfection | 大成者 |
| n person who acts as driving force behind something | 立役者 |
| n person who acts as driving force behind something | 立て役者 |
| person who acts tough but is actually timid | 鬼みそ |
| person who acts tough but is actually timid | 鬼味噌 |
| n person who avoids others | 日陰者 |
| person who becomes physically or mentally mature at an early age | 早生 usu. 早稲 |
| person who becomes physically or mentally mature at an early age | 早稲 news2 nf42 |
| n person who beheads somebody to end a seppuku | 介錯人 |
| person who can drink much alcohol without becoming tipsy | 盗人上戸 |
| exp n person who can hold their drink | 行ける口 |
| exp n person who can hold their drink | いける口 |
| n yoji person who cannot stick to anything | 三日ぼうず |
| n yoji person who cannot stick to anything | 三日坊主 |
| n person who carries a palanquin | 輿丁 |
| n person who changes his line in middle of life | 中年者 |
| n person who checks accuracy of written work | 校閲者 (こうえつしゃ) |
| n person who checks if an arrow has hit its target | 看的 |
| n person who checks if an arrow has hit its target | 監的 |
| exp n person who comes home after midnight | 午前様 |
| n person who commits suicide | 自殺者 |
| n person who craves the limelight | 自己顕示欲 |
| n person who decides | 極め手 |
| n person who decides | 決め手 news1 nf09 |
| n person who dislikes smoking | 嫌煙家 |
| n person who dislikes smoking | 嫌煙者 |
| n person who dislikes staying at home | 内嫌い |
| n person who does a thankless task | 縁の下の力持ち |
| n person who does not stand out | 昼行灯 |
| n person who does their job without mistakes | 仕事人 |
| n person who doesn't like alcohol, preferring sweets | 甘党 |
| n person who donates to a monk or a temple | 檀越 |
| n person who draws hot water | 湯くみ |
| n person who draws hot water | 湯汲み |
| n vs person who draws water from the sea | 汐汲み |
| n vs person who draws water from the sea | 潮汲み |
| person who drowned in a river | 川流れ news2 nf25 |
| n person who estimates the variety and quantity of wood necessary to build a house from looking at the plans | 木積り |
| n person who estimates the variety and quantity of wood necessary to build a house from looking at the plans | 木積もり |
| n yoji person who excels in one occupation profession but lacks simple common sense | 役者馬鹿 |
| n person who favors | 愛用者 (something favours) |
| n person who follows orders blindly | 絡繰人形 io |
| n person who follows orders blindly | 絡繰り人形 |
| n person who follows orders blindly | 機関人形 |
| n person who follows orders blindly | からくり人形 |
| exp n person who follows someone around like a shadow | 金魚の糞 |
| n yoji person who gets a great kick out of tinkering with anything mechanical | 機械馬鹿 |
| n adj-no yoji person who gets carried away easily | お調子者 |
| n adj-no yoji person who gets carried away easily | 御調子者 |
| n person who gives the right correct answer | 正解者 |
| n person who gives treatment | 治療者 |
| n person who goes from place to place, gambling, etc. | 旅人 |
| n person who goes to greet someone | 迎え人 (e.g. at the airport) |
| exp n person who grew up wealthy | いい所のお坊ちゃん |
| exp n person who grew up wealthy | いい所の坊ちゃん |
| exp n person who grew up wealthy | いいとこのお坊ちゃん |
| exp n person who grew up wealthy | いいとこの坊ちゃん |
| n person who guards flowers | 花守り (esp. cherry blossoms) |
| n person who guards flowers | 花守 (esp. cherry blossoms) |
| n person who has a driving licence but little or no experience actually driving | ペーパー・ドライバ (license) |
| n person who has a driving licence but little or no experience actually driving | ペーパー・ドライバー (license) |
| n person who has a driving licence but little or no experience actually driving | ペーパードライバ (license) |
| n person who has a driving licence but little or no experience actually driving | ペーパードライバー (license) |
| n yoji person who has amassed substantial wealth in his lifetime | 一代分限 |
| n person who has been laid off | 解雇者 |
| n person who has died at his post | 殉職者 (in the performance of his duties) |
| n person who has good knowledge of a certain matter | 事情通 |
| n person who has great confidence faith in himself | 自信家 |
| n person who has had a particular experience | 経験者 news1 nf05 |
| Person who has incurred loss | 損失を受けた者 |
| person who has lost a thing | 遺失主 |
| exp n person who has lost something they used to rely on | 木から落ちた猿 |
| n person who has made outstanding cultural contributions | 文化功労者 |
| n person who has met an unnatural death | 変死者 |
| n person who has not developed emotional maturity | モラトリアム人間 |
| n person who has reached nirvana, enlightenment, etc. | 解脱者 |
| n person who has rendered distinguished service | 功労者 |
| person who holds | 持手 |
| person who holds | 持ち手 |
| n person who holds the purse strings | 金庫番 |
| person who induces | 教唆者 |
| n person who introduces someone | 紹介者 spec1 |
| suf person who is ... | っちょ |
| suf person who is ... | ちょ after a noun or the root of an adjective |
| person who is .. | 坊 (まち) |
| person who is a fountain of wisdom | 知恵袋 news2 nf43 |
| person who is all style and no substance | 銀流し |
| n person who is being studied | 研究対象者 |
| n person who is employed but has nothing to do at their company | 社内ＮＥＥＴ |
| n person who is employed but has nothing to do at their company | 社内ニート |
| exp person who is ignorant of the real world | 井の中の蛙 |
| n yoji person who is ignorant outside his field | 専門馬鹿 |
| n person who is in the way | 余し物 |
| n person who is knowledgeable about Japan | 知日家 |
| n vs person who is made to do things or get things for someone else | 使いっぱしり |
| n vs person who is made to do things or get things for someone else | 使いっ走り |
| n adj-no person who is money-mad | 金の亡者 |
| n yoji person who is not athletic | 運動音痴 |
| n yoji person who is ready to comment on every subject | 一言居士 |
| person who is slow to react | 蛍光燈 oK |
| person who is slow to react | 螢光燈 oK |
| person who is slow to react | 螢光灯 oK (けいこうとう) |
| person who is slow to react | 蛍光灯 ichi1 news2 nf25 (けいこう・とう) |
| adj-na n yoji person who is too serious | 生まじめ |
| adj-na n yoji person who is too serious | 気まじめ ik |
| adj-na n yoji person who is too serious | 気真面目 ik |
| adj-na n yoji person who is too serious | 生真面目 |
| n person who is totally devoted to his work | 仕事の虫 |
| n person who is unfit for military duty | 丁種 |
| n person who is very fond of something | 熱愛者 |
| person who lacks courage | チッキン |
| person who lacks courage | チキン gai1 ichi1 |
| n person who leads a funeral procession with a torch | 火ともし |
| n person who leads a funeral procession with a torch | 火点し |
| person who likes alcohol and sweets equally well | 両刀づかい |
| n yoji person who likes alcohol and sweets equally well | 盗人上戸 |
| person who likes alcohol and sweets equally well | 両刀遣い |
| person who likes alcohol and sweets equally well | 両刀使い |
| person who likes both liquor and sweets | 二刀流 |
| n uk person who likes to drink | 飲むべ |
| n person who lives an extravagant lifestyle | 贅沢屋 |
| suf person who lives on | 生活者 (e.g. situation, income, place) |
| n person who lives on the water | 水上生活者 |
| n person who looks after a patient | 介護人 |
| n person who looks after others | 世話人間 |
| n person who loves smoking | 愛煙家 news2 nf28 |
| n person who makes corrections | 検校 |
| n person who makes someone else appear better | 引立て役 |
| n person who makes someone else appear better | 引立役 |
| n person who makes someone else appear better | 引き立て役 |
| n person who minds the cash | 金庫番 |
| n person who notifies the police | 通報者 |
| n person who occupies a building or land without title or permission | 無断居住者 |
| n person who oversleeps | 寝坊助 |
| n person who perfects | 大成者 (e.g. a theory) |
| person who picks up the cards | 取手 (in karuta games, とって) |
| person who picks up the cards | 取り手 (in karuta games) |
| n person who plays shamisen during dancing practice | 地弾き |
| n person who prays | 祈とう者 |
| n person who prays | 願い主 |
| n person who prays | 祈禱者 oK |
| n person who prays | 祈祷者 |
| person who prepares food | 膳部 |
| n adj-no yoji person who readily chimes in with others | お調子者 |
| n adj-no yoji person who readily chimes in with others | 御調子者 |
| person who reads the cards | 読手 (in karuta games) |
| person who reads the cards | 読み手 news2 nf30 (in karuta games) |
| n person who receives a pledge | 質権者 (しちけんしゃ) |
| person who rents a house in the same block of houses as oneself | 相借家 |
| person who rents a house in the same block of houses as oneself | 相店 |
| n adj-f person who repeats actions | リピータ gai2 |
| n adj-f person who repeats actions | リピーター spec1 |
| n yoji person who requires watching | 注意人物 |
| n yoji person who resorts to petty tricks | 鶏鳴狗盗 |
| n adj-na uk person who's always in a rush | 苛ち |
| exp n person who saved one's life | 命の恩人 |
| person who scares easily | チッキン |
| person who scares easily | チキン gai1 ichi1 |
| n person who seeks out cheap delicious food | Ｂ級グルメ |
| n person who sees someone else off | 送り人 (e.g. at the airport) |
| n sens person who sees without understanding | 明盲 io (あきめくら) |
| n sens person who sees without understanding | 明き盲 |
| n yoji person who shows people what they want to see | 八方美人 |
| n person who starts a new business | 起業家 |
| n person who steals flowers | 花盗人 |
| n person who strings bows | 弓張 io |
| n person who strings bows | 弓張り |
| n person who surrenders | 投降者 |
| exp person who swaggers about under borrowed authority | 虎の威を借る狐 |
| exp n person who tags along | 金魚の糞 |
| n uk person who tends to find most things bothersome | 面倒臭がり |
| n uk person who tends to find most things bothersome | 面倒くさがり |
| person who tills a paddy field | 田作り |
| n person who turns up at the right moment to help | 時の氏神 |
| person who uses airlines' mileage services, frequent-flyer points, etc. | マイラー |
| person who waits | 待人 |
| person who waits | 待ち人 |
| n adj-no person who walks into a hotel, etc. without a reservation | ウォークイン |
| n person who watches over a rice field | 田守 |
| exp person generally male who won't learn their lesson | 懲りない奴 |
| person who works with advertisements in trains, stations, etc. | スペースマン |
| person whose freedom has been restricted | 篭の鳥 (esp. a prostitute, mistress, concubine, etc.) |
| person whose freedom has been restricted | かごの鳥 (esp. a prostitute, mistress, concubine, etc.) |
| person whose freedom has been restricted | 籠の鳥 (esp. a prostitute, mistress, concubine, etc.) |
| n person whose job is to take reservations | 予約受付係 |
| n person whose physical suitability for conscription in the former Japanese military could not be determined in that year | 戊種 (e.g. due to illness) |
| n person whose presence is unwelcome, unnecessary or a nuisance | 余計者 (よけいもの) |
| n persons acting under the pretence of chivalry who formed gangs and engaged in gambling | 俠客 oK |
| n persons acting under the pretence of chivalry who formed gangs and engaged in gambling | 侠客 news2 nf36 |
| n persons organized into gangs and wearing flashy clothes, who styled themselves as "chivalrous men" | 町奴 (Edo period) |
| n persons who convince female celebrities to pose nude for photoshoots | 脱がせ屋 |
| n persons who have fallen in battle | 戦没者 |
| n yoji persons who take delight in such refined pursuits as poetry, literature, painting, and calligraphy | 詩人墨客 |
| n yoji persons who take delight in such refined pursuits as poetry, literature, painting and calligraphy | 文人墨客 |
| n photographer, usually an amateur, who likes to take pictures of models and presenter ladies in exhibitions | カメラ小僧 |
| n pretty girl who attracts customers to come inside a shop | 看板娘 |
| n previously unknown girl who becomes famous overnight | シンデレラ・ガール |
| n previously unknown girl who becomes famous overnight | シンデレラガール |
| n priest who was also a street performer and performed prayers and other religious duties for the sake of other people | 願人坊主 |
| n railway enthusiast who enjoys riding trains | 乗鉄 |
| n railway enthusiast who enjoys riding trains | 乗り鉄 |
| n railway enthusiast who enjoys taking pictures of trains | 撮り鉄 |
| n random attacker, e.g. person who randomly attacks people on the street | 通り魔 news2 nf45 |
| n yoji recognition and guarantee, by the shogunate, of ownership of the inherited estate of a samurai who pledged allegiance to it | 本領安堵 (in the Kamakura and early Muromachi periods) |
| retired men who get underfoot at home | 濡れ落ち葉 |
| n retired person who is not yet old enough to receive their pension | 待期者 |
| exp yoji Rich is the person who is content with what he is | 吾唯足知 |
| n showman who trains performing monkeys | 猿回し |
| n shrine whose rituals are attended by an imperial envoy | 勅祭社 (who presents offerings) |
| n single person who earns enough to live alone but prefers to live rent-free with his or her parents | パラサイト・シングル |
| n single person who earns enough to live alone but prefers to live rent-free with his or her parents | パラサイトシングル |
| n yoji skilled actor who is like a child offstage | 役者子供 |
| n yoji skilled actor who knows little of life | 役者馬鹿 |
| n yoji skilled engineer mechanic who is clumsy in all other matters | 機械馬鹿 |
| n social organisation for people originating from the same town, village, or island who live in an urban center far from home | 郷友会 (predominantly used by people from Okinawa) |
| n somebody who has wild fantasies | 電波系 |
| n somebody who is bad at horse-riding | 桃尻 |
| somebody who sells something or works as | 家 usu. 屋 (something) |
| somebody who sells something or works as | 屋 (something) |
| somebody who sells second hand clothes | 古着屋 |
| exp vulg uk somebody who wouldn't be missed if they died | くたばり損ない |
| adj-na n someone who appears to dislike or be poor at writing | 筆無精 |
| adj-na n someone who appears to dislike or be poor at writing | 筆不精 |
| n someone who attempts to attract patrons to entertainment events, shops, bars, and such, by exhorting passing public | 呼込み |
| n someone who attempts to attract patrons to entertainment events, shops, bars, and such, by exhorting passing public | 呼び込み news2 nf40 |
| n someone who battles on in difficult circumstances | 頑張り屋 |
| n someone who battles on in difficult circumstances | がんばり屋 |
| n vs someone who builds kura storehouses | 蔵づくり |
| n vs someone who builds kura storehouses | 倉づくり |
| n vs someone who builds kura storehouses | 倉造り |
| n vs someone who builds kura storehouses | 蔵造り |
| someone who cannot swim | 徳利 news2 nf45 |
| n someone who can't drink | 下戸 news2 nf42 spec2 |
| someone who commissions a Buddhist temple or work of art | 像主 |
| n someone who curries favor with their master while secretly plotting against him | 君側の奸 |
| n uk someone who easily succumbs to loneliness | 寂しんぼう |
| n someone who easily succumbs to loneliness | 寂しがり屋 |
| n someone who easily succumbs to loneliness | 淋しがり屋 |
| n uk someone who easily succumbs to loneliness | 寂しん坊 |
| someone who enjoys alcohol | 呑み口 |
| someone who enjoys alcohol | 呑口 |
| someone who enjoys alcohol | 飲口 usu. のみくち (nomiguchi) |
| someone who enjoys alcohol | 飲み口 |
| n someone who feels the cold | 寒がり屋 |
| n someone who feels the cold | 寒がりや |
| n someone who gets in the way without serving any useful purpose | 御邪魔虫 |
| n someone who gets in the way without serving any useful purpose | お邪魔虫 |
| n someone who has a title but no real duty | 並び大名 |
| exp n yoji someone who has become overly cautious due to a bad experience | 傷弓之鳥 |
| exp n yoji someone who has become overly cautious due to a bad experience | 傷弓の鳥 |
| n someone who has come to say farewell | 見送人 |
| n someone who has come to say farewell | 見送り人 |
| n someone who has forgotten the eight virtues | 忘八 |
| n someone who has forgotten the eight virtues | 亡八 |
| exp n someone who has no vitality | 枯木死灰 |
| n someone who has passed this examination | 進士 |
| n someone who hears voices | 電波系 |
| n someone who is coming | 来手 |
| n someone who is crazy | 電波系 |
| exp n someone who is detached and free of desires | 枯木死灰 |
| n someone who is going | 行き手 |
| n someone who is going | 行手 |
| n adj-no someone who is greatly one's senior | 大先輩 |
| n someone e.g. a woman who is out of one's league | 過物 |
| n someone e.g. a woman who is out of one's league | 過ぎ物 |
| n someone e.g. a woman who is out of one's league | 過者 |
| n someone e.g. a woman who is out of one's league | 過ぎ者 |
| adj-f someone who is overly concerned with status. Can be used enviously with reference to someone of real accomplishment | エーコッコシー |
| someone who is received coldly | 冷飯食い |
| someone who is received coldly | 冷や飯食い |
| n someone who is treated as a daughter | 娘分 |
| someone who is very behind the times | 周回遅れ |
| n someone who is visibly pregnant | 腹ぼて |
| n someone who is visibly pregnant | 腹ボテ |
| exp someone who knows a theory, but cannot apply it | 論語読みの論語知らず |
| n someone who leads others into a song by singing the leading notes | 音頭 news1 nf15 |
| n someone who likes plays | 芝居好き |
| n someone who made a lot of money | 当り屋 (e.g. gambling or on the stock market) |
| n someone who made a lot of money | 当たり屋 (e.g. gambling or on the stock market) |
| someone who makes evil plans without ever breaking their poker face | 貍 |
| someone who makes evil plans without ever breaking their poker face | 狸 news2 nf33 |
| Taiwan someone who moved to Taiwan from the continent after WWII | 外省人 |
| n someone who one considers as a younger sister | 妹分 |
| n hon someone who one considers as an elder sister | 姉分 |
| n-suf someone who habitually performs some negative act | 魔 news1 nf15 |
| n someone who plays the part of a 'heel' bad guy in wrestling, films, etc. | ヒール役 |
| n someone who shares one's load | 相肩 |
| uk someone who sinks like a stone | 金づち (かなづち) |
| uk someone who sinks like a stone | 鉄鎚 |
| uk someone who sinks like a stone | 金槌 ichi1 (かなづち) |
| someone who smiles and gives you a slap on the shoulder | にこぽん |
| n someone who studies too much | 我利勉 |
| n someone who studies too much | ガリ勉 |
| n someone who studies too much | がり勉 |
| someone who takes advantage of a crisis to commit a crime | 火事場泥棒 |
| exp someone who was just crying quickly cheers up and smiles | 今泣いた烏がもう笑う |
| someone who wins people over | にこぽん |
| n someone who works at a theater | 芝居者 |
| Taiwan someone whose ancestors had lived in Taiwan before the Kuomintang related immigration wave | 本省人 |
| n someone whose occupation is to cut any type of nail, apply artificial nails or "nail art" and care for nails | ネイリスト |
| n someone whose state is slightly poorer than regular poverty | ビンバー |
| n something or someone who has lost cultural, geographical, family, etc. roots | デラシネ |
| n son who will succeed one | 後取息子 |
| n son who will succeed one | 跡取り息子 |
| n staff who serve or assist customers or visitors | ホール・スタッフ (e.g. restaurant, pachinko parlour, etc.) |
| n staff who serve or assist customers or visitors | ホールスタッフ (e.g. restaurant, pachinko parlour, etc.) |
| n uk sens student who can't keep up in school | 砂利子 |
| sens student who can't keep up in school | 落ち零れ |
| sens student who can't keep up in school | 落ちこぼれ ichi1 news2 nf31 (おちこぼれ) |
| n student who failed entrance exam | 浪人生 |
| n student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try | 現役生 |
| student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try | 現役 ichi1 news1 nf05 |
| n student who performs housework in exchange for meals and-or lodging | 書生 news2 nf39 |
| n student who repeats a year | 落第生 |
| n term used to refer to Japanese-American children nisei who were sent by their parents to Japan before WW2 to receive their schooling | 帰米 |
| n the eight gods who preside over the lucky/unlucky directions of the koyomi for each year | 八将神 |
| the first person who claims innocence is guilty | 言い出しべ |
| the first person who claims innocence is guilty | 言い出し屁 |
| the first person who claims innocence is guilty | 言出し屁 |
| the first person who claims innocence is guilty | 言出しべ |
| the first person who claims innocence is guilty | 言出しっ屁 |
| the first person who claims innocence is guilty | 言出しっぺ |
| the first person who claims innocence is guilty | 言い出しっ屁 |
| the first person who claims innocence is guilty | 言い出しっぺ news2 nf46 |
| unlicensed prostitute who always works out of the same cathouse | 据え物 |
| exp yoji victory goes to the one who makes the first move | 先手必勝 |
| n waiter or waitress who manages and is an expert on wine | ソムリエール |
| n waiter or waitress who manages and is an expert on wine | ソムリエ |
| aux-v those who are | たる after a noun, usu. as 〜たる者, etc. |
| exp Who cares? | 知るものか |
| exp v1 who do you think you're kidding by saying | が聞いて呆れる (used to indicate incredulous dismissal of some claim) |
| exp v1 who do you think you're kidding by saying | が聞いてあきれる (used to indicate incredulous dismissal of some claim) |
| exp who gives a damn? | だから何だ |
| exp Who knows? | 知るものか |
| who knows | さあ ichi1 |
| exp Who on earth? | どこのどいつ |
| exp v5u girl who outblooms even a flower | 花も恥じらう |
| n who's who | フーズフー |
| adj-f whose existence is determined entirely by | あっての spec1 |
| woman who displays the feminine virtues of old Japan | 大和撫子 |
| n woman who earns her living by entertaining with song, dance and playing the shamisen | 歌妓 |
| n woman who forced her husband into marriage | 押掛け女房 |
| n woman who forced her husband into marriage | 押し掛け女房 news2 nf38 |
| n woman who forced her husband into marriage | 押しかけ女房 |
| n woman who makes public announcements | 鶯嬢 (e.g. from an election campaign truck) |
| n woman who makes public announcements | 鴬嬢 (e.g. from an election campaign truck) |
| n woman who works in an adult entertainment business | 商売女 |
| n woman who works in the sex industry | 風俗嬢 |
| n woman whose presence seems to cause rain | 雨女 |
| n women who assist bathers at hot-springs resorts | 湯女 |
| women who performed court Bugaku music and dance | 女楽 |
| exp you cannot win against someone who doesn't listen to reason | 泣く子と地頭には勝てない (e.g. a crying child or a violent lord) |
| exp you cannot win against someone who doesn't listen to reason | 泣く子と地頭には勝てぬ (e.g. a crying child or a violent lord) |
| n uk young girl who heavily tans her skin, bleaches her hair and wears heavy make-up | がん黒 poss. also from ガンガン黒い |
| n uk young girl who heavily tans her skin, bleaches her hair and wears heavy make-up | 顔黒 |
| n young man who has reached adulthood | 壮丁 (conscription age) |
| n young men who are not competitive as in tradition male stereotypes, including in the avid pursuit of money and sex, and who may also be kind, co-operative and family-oriented | 草食系男子 |
| young mother who wears "gal" styles | ギャルママ |
| n young people who are constantly typing on their phones with their thumbs | 親指族 |
| n young people who sit on the ground or sidewalk | ジベタリアン (footpath) |
| n young person who does not want to become an adult | モラトリアム人間 |
| n young person who stays in their non-metropolitan hometown after graduation, drives a car, etc. | マイルド・ヤンキー (unlike the majority who moves to a larger city and commutes by train) |
| n young person who stays in their non-metropolitan hometown after graduation, drives a car, etc. | マイルドヤンキー (unlike the majority who moves to a larger city and commutes by train) |
| n young woman who dresses in outdoor clothing | 山ガール |
| n young woman who enjoys mountain climbing | 山ガール |
| n young woman who takes walks, etc. with male clients for a charge | ステッキ・ガール |
| n young woman who takes walks, etc. with male clients for a charge | ステッキガール |