expression:

• tread on a worm and it will turn; even a tiny bug will defend itself; even the weakest and smallest beings have their own wills, so do not make light of them - proverb

noun:

• raison d'être; reason for living; reason for something being so - From French

noun:

• something; something or other; so-and-so ➜ 何とか彼とか

noun:

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

particle:

• et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth - colloquialism ➜ 等【など】

expression:

• I got it; I see; I now know; So that's the reason

expression / noun:

• true love; deep love; love for someone so deep that it can reach a crow perched on that person's roof

expression / noun:

• something-something (e.g. platitudes, waffling); yada yada; so-and-so

expression / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• what is called; what they call; so-called

expression:

• dancing fool, watching fool; you're a fool if you dance, and a fool if you just look on; all fools, so let's all dance

conjunction:

• nevertheless; even then; however; be that as it may; even so; though that it be so ➜ 然れど【されど】

conjunction / expression:

• otherwise; else; if not so

interjection:

• bye-bye; good-bye; see you; so long - colloquialism ➜ バイバイ

conjunction:

• then; well then; if so - Kansai dialect ➜ それでは・それなら

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded

~の noun / adjectival noun / adverb:

• tolerable; passable; adequate; so-so ➜ まあまあ

adverb / ~の noun:

• more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion; pretty much; roughly; so far as it goes

adverb:

• tentatively; for the time being
• just in case
• once

expression:

• which reminds me ...; come to think of it ...; now that you mention it ...; on that subject ...; so, if you say ...

expression:

• which reminds me ...; come to think of it ...; now that you mention it ...; on that subject ...; so, if you say ... ➜ そう言えば【そういえば】

expression:

• then; in that case; considering; if that is the case; if so

adverbial noun / conjunction:

• etc.; otherwise; besides; in addition; the rest; the others; and so forth - そのた is the more common reading when written

adverb:

• (not so) much; (not) very

noun:

• Dear (so and so); Dear Sir; Dear Madam; To Whom It May Concern - letters beginning with this typically end with 敬具

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that - usu. sentence ending
• to be the result (of); to be the outcome
• to be the reason (for)

conjunction:

• and (so); because of which - colloquialism ➜ それで