expression:

• it's probably so; it stands to reason ➜ さもありなん

expression:

• I told you so; You see that? - used when someone ignores your advice and ultimately fails at something

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• for something unexpected to happen (to someone or something one is close to) - idiom

expression:

• (deciding to do something) abruptly; at the turn of a dime - usu. as 足元から鳥が立つように - idiom

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to let something (or somebody) go past
• to do too much

adjectival noun:

• tough; stubborn; determined; hard

adverb:

• severely; heavily; hard; a great deal; much

noun:

• box in which ashes of the deceased are kept; box in which a funerary urn is kept

expression / ichidan verb:

• to enlist as a supporter; to win over to one's side; to gain as one's ally

noun:

• dropping; losing - abbreviation
• missing item; something one forgot to write down
• trap
• wooden protrusion from a Japanese door frame that fits a hole in the threshold, acting as a lock when closed
• conclusion (of a speech, etc.)
• metallic bowl used to hold the charcoal in a wooden hibachi ➜ 落とし掛け

adverb:

• so; like this; in this way ➜ こんな

adverb:

• so; to such an extent; such - Kansai dialect

conjunction:

• and then; even so; and ➜ それとも

noun:

• miniature shrine with double doors (used to store important Buddhist items such as sutras, etc.)
• cabinet with double doors (used by the nobility to store books, etc.) ➜ 厨子棚
• (in Okinawa) carved and decorated stone container for storing the bones of one's ancestors ➜ 厨子甕

noun:

• beast (esp. one used for its meat, such as a boar or a deer) - archaism
• hunting (of animals such as boar, deer, etc.) - abbreviation ➜ 獣狩り

adverb / ~の noun:

• reasonably; fairly; all right; moderate - onomatopoeia

adverb:

• hurriedly; in a rush; having barely finished - in the form もそこそこに - onomatopoeia

suffix:

• approximately; about; or so

noun / ~する noun:

• one step forward, many steps backward; little to gain and much to lose - four character idiom

noun:

• adoration which is performed three times or repeatedly; act of worship which is performed three times or repeatedly

noun:

• drudge; grind; swot; someone who studies too much

noun / ~する noun:

• cram-study (for exam, etc.); swotting

noun:

• Okinawan scale (hemitonic pentatonic scale: do, mi, fa, so, ti) ➜ 五音音階

expression:

• even; for starters
• so; therefore - emphatic form of から
• judging from; based on
• since; from

noun:

• folk scale (anhemitonic pentatonic scale: mi, so, la, ti, re)

noun:

• sulfur oxide (SO, SO2, etc.); sulphur oxide

noun:

• dumbfounding performance; queer act; performance so bad it's spellbinding - pun on 名演 - humorous term

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• all one's life; throughout one's life; as long as one lives

noun:

• collective goods (i.e. goods or services such as parks, highways, etc. which could be supplied privately, but are usually provided by the government) ➜ 公共財

noun:

• time - Buddhism term - From Sanskrit "samaya"
• meeting; coming together - Buddhism term
• equality, warning, or riddance of hindrances (esp. in esoteric Buddhism as vows of the buddhas and bodhisattvas) - Buddhism term