noun:

• different in appearance but essentially the same in content; equal in skills or workmanship but different in style or artistic flavor; the same for all practical purposes - four character idiom ➜ 同工異曲【どうこういきょく】

expression:

• It's hard to tell a poor thinker from a sleeping one; They to whom only bad ideas come might as well be asleep; Poor thinking is futile; Inadequate ideas are worse than none at all - proverb ➜ 下手の考え休むに似たり

noun / adjectival noun:

• freely; right and left; active without any restraint; with unrestricted energy in all directions - four character idiom

noun:

• great and small; in detail; all

expression:

• everybody; every last one of them; all - usu. negative nuance - idiom

adverb / ~と adverb:

• completely; entirely; all - onomatopoeia
• in large amounts; a lot - onomatopoeia

adverb:

• with energy (of parties and such); enthusiastically; going all out

expression:

• whether you like it or not; no matter what one may do; in any event; at all events

expression:

• let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect

expression:

• from the best to the worst; from top to bottom; of every kind; all sorts - abbreviation ➜ ピンからキリまで

noun:

• constant attendance; uninterrupted supervision; staying with someone all the time

noun:

• everything; every affair (matter); all things - four character idiom

expression:

• yes or no; yes-no; all or nothing

conjunction:

• and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless; for all that; notwithstanding that ➜ それなのに

expression:

• even the prosperous inevitably decay; sic transit gloria mundi; all that's fair must fade - from the Humane King Sutra - four character idiom - Buddhism term

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to cut; to slash; to slay all

noun:

• constant attendance; uninterrupted supervision; staying with someone all the time ➜ 付きっきり【つきっきり】

expression:

• It's hard to tell a poor thinker from a sleeping one; They to whom only bad ideas come might as well be asleep; Poor thinking is futile; Inadequate ideas are worse than none at all - proverb ➜ 下手な考え休むに似たり

adverb:

• from afar; over a great distance; all the way

expression:

• if it's alright; if you don't mind my asking; if it's all the same to you ➜ 差し支え【さしつかえ】

adverb / noun:

• finally; in the end; on top of all that

noun:

• each party; each faction; all sects

ichidan verb:

• to crop; to shear; to cut or trim something evenly; to make all the same length - obscure term

suffix:

• far from; anything but; not at all
• let alone; to say nothing of; not to speak of; much less

adverb:

• powerfully; vigorously; with all one's strength - onomatopoeia
• lots of; heaps of; plenty - onomatopoeia