expression:

• (particularly) when ... (often in phrases like "the bus just has to be on-time when we are late"); (only) for ...; if we are restricting the discussion to...; in the particular case of

expression:

• (when) danger threatens; should an emergency occur - four character idiom

expression:

• We'll think about it when the time comes - idiom

expression:

• (when) the time of need arises; should an emergency occur - four character idiom

conjunction:

• if it happens that; if we make ...; if we take ...; if we assume ...

conjunction:

• if it happens that; if we make ...; if we take ...; if we assume ...; what if ...?

conjunction:

• if we make ...; if we take ...; if we assume ...

expression:

• when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives

expression:

• one should not rush to make a profit; business is best run when sales flow like a cow's drool: long and thin - obscure term

expression:

• men should be brave, women should be affable - obscure term

conjunction:

• as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

conjunction:

• as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.) ➜ に連れて

expression:

• together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

expression:

• in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

noun:

• business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed

expression:

• just as it is reassuring to have a companion when traveling, it is important for us to care for each other as we pass through this life

expression / adverb:

• or perhaps I should say; or more precisely; or, how should I put it; or rather ➜ ってゆうか

expression:

• start with the first step; when embarking on a great project, start with immediate steps ➜ 隗より始めよ
• he who first suggests it should be the first to do it ➜ 隗より始めよ

expression:

• start with the first step; when embarking on a great project, start with immediate steps - proverb
• he who first suggests it should be the first to do it - proverb

expression:

• one should not leave things unfinished; when a young Mencius returned home during the middle of school, his mother cut off the cloth she had been weaving on the loom to admonish him for stopping his studies midway - proverb ➜ 断機

expression:

• waiting for one hundred years for the waters of the Yellow River to clear; waiting in vain for an unlikely event; waiting for pigs to fly; When the sky falls, we shall catch larks - four character idiom

expression:

• as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me") ➜ 儘【まま】・儘【まま】

expression:

• when it's important; when it comes to the crunch; when push comes to shove; when it comes to the point; in one's hour of need; at the critical moment ➜ いざ

conjunction:

• or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean - colloquialism ➜ と言うか

expression:

• since when; from when; how long