noun / ~の noun:

• full of wiles and tricks; match between persons equal in shrewdness mobilizing all the tricks each can muster; shrewdly avoiding the opponent's strong points and attacking its weaknesses - four character idiom

noun:

• square (shape) ［ますがた］
• square bearing block (at the top of a pillar) ［斗形］
• (in a castle) rectangular space between the inner and outer gates (where troops can gather) ［ますがた］

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to push (a thing) out; to jut out (can have a negative nuance); to protrude
• to rise out the trap door (on stage)

expression / adverb:

• as ... as one can; as ... as possible; as much as possible

noun:

• deviation value (usu. scaled to mean of 50, standard deviation of 10, and often used for academic grades); deviation; T-score; standard score

adjectival noun / adverb / noun:

• the truth; fact; as it is; as you are; frank; bare plain

adverb:

• incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion

noun:

• clear broth soup, with ingredients and garnish floating in and on it

expression:

• it is difficult to say which of the two is better

noun:

• incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion ➜ 序でに

expression:

• knowing what is right and not doing it is a want of courage - proverb

noun:

• what was said; what it means; origin of a story (or tradition, etc.) - usu. as 〜のいい

expression / noun:

• only natural; no wonder; as expected; of course; as it should be

expression:

• before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to

noun / ~する noun:

• thoroughness; completeness; consistency
• thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception

noun:

• deferment (e.g. of savings); leaving (a thing) as it stands

~の noun:

• unredeemed; unredeemable; irredeemable; deferred; stationary

expression / ~の noun:

• so far; up to now; hitherto

expression:

• that's enough (for today); it ends here

particle:

• indicates emphasis, agreement, request for confirmation, etc.; is it so - at sentence end

interjection:

• hey; come on; listen

auxiliary adjective:

• not - verb-negating suffix; may indicate question or invitation with rising intonation - colloquialism ➜ ない

expression / adjective:

• it is not (like that); used to explicitly deny one thing while also implicitly denying other things

adverb:

• sound of heavy breathing - onomatopoeia

noun / ~する noun:

• blowing on something (e.g. to cool it down)

noun:

• high decorated building
• picture-perfect mansion; stately home that looks as if it were from a painting

noun:

• deceptive advertising; misleading advertisement (presenting one's product as being better or cheaper than it really is)

noun:

• contradictio in adjecto; contradiction between an adjective and the noun it modifies (wooden iron, hot ice, etc.)

noun:

• advance payment on behalf of a third party (with expectation that it will be reimbursed)

suffix noun:

• not having; unaffected by

conjunction:

• aside; I don't know about ... - often as ～は知らず
• I know not whether; I know not if - at the beginning of a sentence - archaism