expression:

• I don't know ...; How about ...? I wonder; What about ..?

conjunction:

• if one were to speak of ..., then certainly; if it were the case that ..., then certainly; if it were a ..., then certainly; phrase used to indicate the inevitability of what follows it (based on what precedes it) ➜ 言う・言う
• so that means (when used in sentence-initial position)

noun:

• inconsistency of speech and action; failing to act up to one's words; not practicing what one preaches - four character idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to muster one's courage; to resolve oneself; to ready oneself for what is to come - obscure term ➜ 覚悟を決める

adverb:

• forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what

adverb:

• anyhow; in any case; at any rate; after all; at all; no matter what
• at best; at most

suffix / particle:

• and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not

conjunction:

• if it happens that; if we make ...; if we take ...; if we assume ...; what if ...?

ichidan verb:

• to tire of; to lose interest in; to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with

adverb:

• in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run; when all is said and done; what it all comes down to; when you get right down to it ➜ 詰まり【つまり】

noun:

• coping; top rail; cap piece; head board; what covers the top of a wall, torii or gate, not necessarily made of wood - Architecture term

expression:

• there it is; there it comes; got it; of course; it figures; I knew it; expression one says when what is expected comes - colloquialism ➜ それ来た

expression:

• there it is; there it comes; got it; of course; it figures; I knew it; expression one says when what is expected comes

adverb:

• (what) the heck; (why) in the world; (who) on earth - before an interrogative, forms an emphatic question

noun:

• one object; one body; unity
• one form; one style
• one Buddhist image (or carving, etc.)

adverbial noun:

• generally; in general ➜ 一体に

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to write down (what someone says); to take down dictation; to take notes (e.g. of a lecture)
• to copy out (a text)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to add (to what was said before); to say in addition

noun / ~する noun:

• resultative (refers to a conjunction where what follows is a result of the preceding)

noun / ~する noun:

• reading too much into (what ... says)

expression / noun:

• something unrelated (to what has been discussed thus far) - oft. as つかぬことを伺いますが

noun:

• the eight kinds of suffering (birth, old age, disease, death, parting from loved ones, meeting disliked ones, not getting what one seeks, pains of the five skandha) - Buddhism term

expression:

• I can say now (what I couldn't before); now (that things have changed) I don't mind telling you; I couldn't tell you until now; I couldn't have told you this back then

noun:

• the five Ws and one H (who, what, when, where, why and how)

expression:

• (it doesn't matter what) anything is OK - colloquialism ➜ 何でもいい

expression:

• (it doesn't matter what) anything is OK - colloquialism ➜ 何だっていい

expression:

• one never knows (what will happen); there's no telling (what the future holds)