(n) able to criticize but not to create (criticise)
(n,adj-na) self-willed
(doing or saying things) to suit one's own convenience
(n) special issue stamp
(n) counterfeit check (cheque)
bad paper
(n,vs) backhand (tennis, etc.)
(n) relief pitcher
fireman
(n) castration (operation)
(n) competitor
rival
(n) (professional) keirin cyclist
(n) coercive (high-handed) measure
strong-arm method
(n) tough measure
firm step
strong measure
(n) Viburnum plicatum var. plicatum
(n) awareness that somebody (something) is (will be) hard to deal with
awareness that one is not good at something
(n) kata (in karate)
(n) police notebook
(n) clincher
winning technique
official winning technique (sumo)
(n) sumo coach announcing the winner and winning technique
(n) method of payment
(n) marriage allowance
(n) marriage partner
spouse
(P)
(n) brothel madam
(n) decompression surgery
surgery under decompression
(n) ending up behind with everything
being always too late (never in time)
(exp) Defeat is inevitable for one who goes second
Being slow to take action inevitably leads to defeat
(n) one's speciality
one's forte
one's own thing
(n) the privy purse
the money used for private purposes by the members of the Imperial family
(n) all over
given in
given up hope
bring to knees
(n) making arbitrary decisions which benefit oneself
self-approved plan
(n) toilet
restroom
lavatory
bathroom
(n) river in which worshippers wash their hands (and rinse their mouth) prior to entering a shrine