expression:

• around ...; or so

adverb:

• so; really; seeming - Kansai dialect ➜ そう

adjectival noun:

• so; like that - somewhat rough ➜ 左様【さよう】

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• as fierce and nimble as any; daring and agile without equal - four character idiom

expression / adverb:

• as hard as one can; with one's whole heart ➜ 捩じり鉢巻き

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to act as a mediator; to serve as a mediator; to act as an intermediary; to be a go-between

adverb:

• at full speed; as fast as one's legs can carry one

expression / adverb:

• (at) high speed; as fast as one can; with lightning speed ➜ 脱兎【だっと】

noun:

• vitamin P; bioflavonoids (as formerly regarded collectively as a vitamin)

expression:

• any number of people; as many people as one likes

noun / suffix noun:

• charge; cost; price
• generation; age; reign
• era - Geology term
• a representative of; on behalf of; for (someone) - after someone's name or title
• used after a phone number to indicate that it is a switchboard number ➜ 代表電話番号

counter:

• counter for decades of ages, eras, etc.
• counter for generations (of inheritors to a throne, etc.)
• proxy application company - abbreviation ➜ 代理申請会社

noun:

• pronoun - used in dictionaries, etc. - abbreviation ➜ 代名詞

noun:

• young man (in the Edo period, esp. one with forelocks who has not yet had his coming-of-age ceremony)
• young male prostitute; young kabuki actor (who may also act as a homosexual prostitute)
• younger partner in a homosexual relationship ➜ 念者【ねんしゃ】

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:

• the autumn sun sets as quickly as a bucket dropping into a well - proverb

noun:

• garb of love; metaphor for love kept as close to one as clothing - poetical term

suffix noun:

• depending on
• as soon as; immediately (upon) - often after the -masu stem of a verb
• in accordance with

noun:

• order; program; programme; precedence
• circumstances; course of events; reason

adverb:

• as much as possible; wherever practicable; if possible

noun:

• cherub; gods disguised as children; children parading as cherubs

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• most brave; as brave as any; unmatched for valor - four character idiom

expression:

• the more you do (it), the... (e.g. "the more you drink, the better it tastes")

expression:

• now that it's come to this; since it's come to this

suffix noun / adverbial noun:

• as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...

adverb:

• hurriedly; in haste; quickly; promptly; early - usu. as 早々に

noun:

• tool for scrubbing wood to give it texture, traditionally made of dried grass bound together by hemp cord
• scrubbing wood to give it texture

noun / ~する noun:

• viewing and treating as one; regarding as the same; equating one thing with another; identification