adverb:

• quite; entirely; completely; at all
• as if; as though; just like

expression:

• even if it means living in dire poverty; by all means

adverb:

• especially; particularly
• surely; clearly; unmistakably
• as if; as though; just like

expression:

• if not ... then what is it?; (this) is nothing other than ...

particle:

• (after imperative form of a verb) as if to say; as though

noun:

• bibliography (i.e. the study of books)
• bibliology (i.e. the study of books, booklore and bibliography)

conjunction:

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

particle:

• even if; even though - also でも, っても

interjection:

• wow - abbreviation ➜ さても

expression / conjunction:

• as if; as though - usu. after verb ➜ かのように

noun:

• side dish; okazu; side dish (meat, fish, pickles, etc.) accompanying the rice in a typical Japanese meal
• food for thought (esp. in the context of conversation, or material for assisting arousal during masturbation) ［おかず・オカズ］ - sometimes オガズ
• fill; fill-in (drumming)

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to tear; to rip up ［裂く］
• to cut up; to cleave; to cut open (esp. the abdomen)
• to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers) ［裂く］
• to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something ［割く］
• to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye - archaism ➜ 黥く

expression:

• in a manner of speaking; as it were; so to speak; if you like; per se

expression:

• like chalk and cheese (superficially similar, but completely different) (the moon and a turtle shell are both round, but they are otherwise completely different); like day and night; like the difference between heaven and hell

noun:

• wind; gas; fart - usually 屁 is へ, and おなら is in kana
• something worthless; something not worth considering ［へ］

noun:

• bamboo flute
• bamboo for making flutes
• wind and string instruments

expression:

• a day in life is better than a thousand days in the afterlife; better one day in this world than a thousand in the next - proverb

expression:

• if we put this another way; in other words; put differently

conjunction:

• even if
• (it doesn't matter) whether (A or B or ...); whatever
• should - imperative form of である

noun:

• lick
• tasting medicine to see if it contains poison; medicine-taster - archaism

expression:

• if you don't speak your mind, you'll feel uneasy afterwards - proverb

godan ~る verb:

• to dance down (leaves, petals, etc.); to fall as if dancing

noun / ~の noun:

• a line; a streak; a stripe; a ray (of light); a wisp (of smoke)

noun:

• one item (in an itemized form); one clause; one passage (in a book)
• one matter (affair, event, case, incident)
• the same logic; the same reason - archaism

expression:

• it is darkest under the lamp post; it's hard to see what is under your nose; go abroad to hear of home; you must go into the country to hear what news at London - proverb

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to restrict; to limit; to confine

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be confined to
• to be best (for); to be the best plan; to be the only way (to) - as ...は...に限る

expression / ichidan verb:

• to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled