conjunction / expression:

• with; by - polite language ➜ 以て【もって】
• by means of; because; in view of - polite language ➜ 以て【もって】

expression / adverb:

• any; whatever one likes; by all means; anything; everything

expression:

• I am told; I understand; they say; I hear - at start of sentence

noun:

• foot - esp. 足
• leg - esp. 脚,肢
• gait
• pace
• bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji - usu. 脚
• means of transportation ［足］
• money; coin - archaism ➜ お足

noun:

• stripping of honours (as a means of punishment); stripping of rights; public humiliation

expression / adverb:

• never (even in error); never, ever; never, no matter what happens; by no means

adverb:

• please; kindly; I beg of you ➜ 何卒
• by all means; feel free; you are welcome
• here you are - previously written as 何卒

expression:

• being multi-talented means never really being especially good at any one thing; jack of all trades, master of none

noun:

• someone (e.g. a woman) who is out of one's league; something beyond one's means

expression / adverb:

• by all means; by all costs

expression:

• to that extent ➜ 其れだけ
• accordingly; that being the case; because of that; this means that ...
• that state; that condition

noun:

• losing the means of livelihood
• a samurai's annual rice stipend being suspended - archaism
• (in fishing) the fish swimming upward after biting the fishhook

noun:

• claws and fangs; claws and tusks
• clutches; devious design; means of causing harm; weapon
• pawn; stooge; cat's-paw
• right-hand man

expression:

• saying no is also an expression of fondness; no often means yes; the lady doth protest too much - proverb

adverb / adjectival noun:

• very; considerably; easily; readily; fairly; quite; highly; rather

adverb:

• by no means; not readily - with a verb in the negative

noun:

• middle; half-way point

~の noun:

• excellent; wonderful; very good

noun:

• something to rely on; aid; clue; way; means
• someone to rely on; relative
• reminder; memento

expression:

• have no options left; have no other way; have no alternative means ➜ 他に方法はない【ほかにほうほうはない】

expression:

• have no options left; have no other way; have no alternative means ➜ 他に方法がない【ほかにほうほうがない】

expression:

• to do whatever it takes; to use every trick in the book; to use any means; to stop at nothing

adjectival noun:

• concerning the result (as opposed to the means used to achieve this result or the original goal)

noun:

• taxing one's ingenuity in devising something; agonizing over designing or creating something; making strenuous efforts to devise good ways and means to do something - four character idiom

noun:

• force; strength; might; vigour (vigor); energy
• capability; ability; proficiency; capacity; faculty
• efficacy; effect
• effort; endeavours (endeavors); exertions
• power; authority; influence; good offices; agency
• support; help; aid; assistance ➜ 力になる
• stress; emphasis
• means; resources

particle:

• by (indicating means of action); as (a group, etc.) ➜ からして・として・にして・為る
• indicates patient of a causative expression - as 〜をして in modern Japanese
• acts as a connective - after the ren'youkei form of an adjective
• adds emphasis - after an adverb or a particle

conjunction:

• and then ➜ そして

interjection:

• by no means; never!; well, I never!; you don't say!; certainly (not)

noun / ~の noun:

• something unexpected; emergency ➜ まさかの時

noun:

• currently; for the time being; presently; for now - archaism

adverb / ~の noun:

• indeed; really; truly; unexpectedly - obscure term ➜ 本当に

expression:

• having exhausted every available means; having broken one's sword and exhausted one's arrows [literal]

noun / ~する noun:

• circumvention of the law; evasion of the law (by using legal means to obtain a result normally only obtainable by illegal ones)