particle:

• even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed

particle:

• even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed ➜ さえ

expression:

• even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed ➜ すら

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

adjectival noun:

• having a single meaning; allowing only one interpretation; unequivocal; unambiguous
• principal; primary; most important

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

expression:

• even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed ➜ さえ

expression:

• having no idea what will happen; God only knows; there is no knowing; you never can tell

noun:

• equivalence operation; IF-AND-ONLY-IF operation; IFF - IT term

noun:

• hardship now, pleasure later; seeking pleasure only after dealing with difficulties; seeking pleasure only after the happiness of the people is assured (a precept to be observed by a ruler) - four character idiom

expression:

• persevering through something difficult makes one stronger; whatever doesn't kill us only makes us stronger; slow but steady wins the race - proverb

expression:

• but he has to be handsome; that said, only if he's a looker; phrase poking fun at people describing their ideal male partner, as a postscript - humorous term

expression / noun:

• useless messenger; doing only as one is told; fool's errand - idiom

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• being in a hazy state; being only half conscious; feeling dopey - four character idiom

noun:

• short-lived rule; being in power only for a brief period; brief championship - four character idiom

noun:

• bare noh chanting; vocal-only noh theater performance, with no dancing or instruments; unaccompanied utai ➜ 謡【うたい】

noun / adjectival noun:

• honest to a fault; one's only strength being his (her) honesty; having no redeeming feature except for being honest - four character idiom

~の noun:

• nominal; in name only; titular

expression / noun:

• one's last hope; one's only hope; the last hope

adjectival noun:

• nominal; in name only; only by terminology

temporal noun:

• that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that; that is all (when finished speaking)

expression:

• almost; very nearly; only just; barely; just in time

noun / ~の noun:

• full house; no vacancy; sold out; standing room only; full (of people); crowded

adverb:

• barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty

noun:

• speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one