adjectival noun / adverb / ~の noun:

• as one would expect
• still; all the same
• even... (e.g. "even a genius...") - as さすがの〜も

suffix noun:

• as much as you would like to; as much as one likes ➜ 食べ放題

expression:

• I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference

particle:

• I would like...; I want... - at sentence-end, usu. as 〜てしがな or 〜にしがな - archaism

expression:

• would be a waste of words; would be a waste of breath; there's no point in saying

expression:

• what would be a good way to do it?

noun:

• do not do unto others what you would not have done unto you - proverb ➜ 己所不欲勿施於人

expression:

• being so content that one would not mind dying; one can now rest in peace; one ought to be contented with what has been accomplished - idiom

expression:

• do not do unto others what you would not have done unto you - archaism

noun:

• Showa-era stage show in which a woman would stand half-naked in a frame (resembling a Western-style painting)

expression:

• he that would the daughter win, must with the mother first begin - proverb

expression:

• asking would be rude; tasteless question

noun:

• something people would laugh at

noun:

• training method in sports, etc. where one imagines how a scenario would play out; mental rehearsal; mental preparation; visualization (for practicing a skill in one's mind)(practising); practicing under simulated conditions (e.g. while watching a video) - abbreviation ➜ イメージトレーニング

adjectival noun / noun:

• something people would laugh at

noun:

• using a meat ax when a knife would suffice; taking a sledgehammer to crack a nut; using a grand-scale measure (a massive instrument) to deal with an insignificant problem

noun:

• dustproof clothing one would use in a cleanroom

noun:

• area of the Edo castle where the shogun would work and spend his daily life

expression:

• something that one would not expect to exist; something exceedingly rare; jellyfish bones [literal] - obscure term

noun:

• training method in sports, etc. where one imagines how a scenario would play out; mental rehearsal; mental preparation; visualization (for practicing a skill in one's mind)(practising); practicing under simulated conditions (e.g. while watching a video); mental dry run - From English "image training"

noun:

• bodyguards in service of the shogun who would walk ahead of him on an outing (Edo period)

noun:

• ceremony on the fifth day of the 10th lunar month in which the emperor would watch prize archery (Heian and Kamakura periods)
• first firing of the bow (after the New Year or the reconstruction of the archery range (in military families))

noun:

• killing a would-be avenger
• having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game

expression:

• as we would say nowadays

noun:

• ceremony where the Emperor would inspect the records of attendance and absence of officials - archaism