~の noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• gasping for breath; at one's last gasp; breathing feebly; on the brink of death; more dead than alive - four character idiom

conjunction:

• in line with this; therefore; consequently; so; such being the case; in that regard; in this connection

noun:

• semidarkness; deep and strange; hades; the present and the other world; dark and light

ichidan verb:

• to trouble with questions; to embarrass; to put out; to put on the spot; to inconvenience

noun:

• way; path; route; along the way; along the road ➜ 途次

noun:

• individual play; one-man effort; non-cooperation; playing on one's own; selfish play

expression / adverb:

• still more; even more; much more; all the more; further

expression / ~の noun:

• increased; greater

adjectival noun / noun:

• strict; hidebound; inflexible; being a sticker for the rules; sticking hard and fast to the rules - four character idiom

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to flatter; to curry favor with; to curry favour with; to fawn on; to butter up to
• to flirt with (woman with a man); to make eyes at (a man)

adverb:

• further; farther; furthermore; all the more; even more

expression:

• all men are alike; all lives are alike; all men live and die; we all bleed the same; a pike conger has one life, a shrimp does too [literal] - proverb

adjectival noun / noun / ~の noun:

• old-fashioned; conservatism; standing evil; the old school; antiquated

expression / adverb:

• in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period

expression:

• moreover; besides; in addition; on top of; to make matters worse

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to set forth; to put forward; to present for consideration; to explain the facts of life; to preach

~の noun / noun:

• totally at a loss; lose one's bearings; in a maze; in a fog; all at sea; up in the air; mystified; bewildered - four character idiom

expression:

• curiously; curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to speak frankly; to speak unreservedly; to open up to each other; to talk candidly; to speak by laying everything on the table; to talk straight from the gut; to have a heart-to-heart talk

expression:

• which reminds me ...; come to think of it ...; now that you mention it ...; on that subject ...; so, if you say ... ➜ そう言えば【そういえば】

noun / noun or verb acting prenominally / ~する noun:

• catharsis; purgation; evacuation; purging the bowels; diarrhea

noun / ~する noun:

• pouring out (water, etc.) ［しゃか］ - orig. meaning

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to work hard; to toil; to moil; to keep one's nose to the grindstone; to slug away

expression:

• then; in that case; considering; if that is the case; if so

noun:

• society; public; community; the world
• social studies - abbreviation ➜ 社会科【しゃかいか】

adverbial noun:

• once; one time; on one occasion
• temporarily; for a moment ［ひとたび］
• one degree; one tone; one musical interval ［いちど］

noun / ~の noun:

• rural area; countryside; the sticks - sensitive
• hometown