expression:

• if you wish to succeed yourself, first help others to succeed - from the Analects of Confucius - archaism - proverb

expression:

• I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ... - indicates hearsay
• it appears as if ... - expresses conjecture about another person's feelings or mindset

expression:

• Who cares?; See if I care; Who knows?; How should I know?

noun / suffix:

• place; spot; scene; site - also pronounced どころ when a suffix
• address
• district; area; locality
• one's house
• point; aspect; side; facet ➜ いいとこ
• passage (in text); part
• space; room
• thing; matter

noun:

• whereupon; as a result - after the plain past form of a verb
• about to; on the verge of - after present form of a verb
• was just doing; was in the process of doing; have just done; just finished doing - after past form of a verb

expression:

• if you think about it; come to think of it

expression:

• if not ... (negative conditional) - also にゃあ ➜ ねば
• for (in regard to); in order to ➜ には

conjunction / particle:

• indicates supposition; if ... then; when; after

particle:

• (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation - usu. ったら

suffix:

• unless one ...; if one does not ... - colloquialism ➜ 無ければ
• cannot do without something - colloquialism - abbreviation ➜ 無くてはいけない【なくてはいけない】
• have to do - after negative base of verb ➜ 無くてはいけない【なくてはいけない】

expression:

• if you have a mind to do something, you can do it - proverb

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to turn oneself into; to transform oneself into
• to disguise oneself as
• to change radically; to metamorphose
• to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)

adverb:

• as much as possible; wherever practicable; if possible

noun / ~する noun:

• arriving at work late as if one were an executive; management attendance at work [literal] - humorous term - four character idiom

noun:

• wind egg; unfertilized egg; unfertilised egg

noun:

• double-stopping (string instr.); double-stop - Music term
• multiphonics (e.g. wind instr.)

expression:

• let sleeping dogs lie; if it ain't broke, don't fix it - proverb

expression:

• if you rely too much on your greatest strength, it will be your greatest weakness - proverb

noun:

• wind rose ➜ 風配図

adverb:

• as much as possible; if possible

conjunction:

• if so; in that case; in that situation

expression:

• where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes

expression:

• where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes

conjunction:

• if so; in that case; in that situation ➜ そうすれば

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside
• to remove; to exclude; to take away ［除ける］
• to set aside; to keep apart ［のける］
• to remove (someone) from the group; to shun ［のける］

ichidan verb / auxiliary verb:

• to do well despite difficulties; to accomplish despite adversity ［のける］ - after the -te form of a verb - usually written using kana alone
• to do resolutely; to do boldly ［のける］ - after the -te form of a verb - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• precious stone (esp. jade) - also formerly read as ごく
• egg (sometimes esp. as a sushi topping) - Food term
• stock or security being traded; product being bought or sold
• position (in finance, the amount of a security either owned or owed by an investor or dealer) ➜ 建玉
• geisha
• time charge for a geisha - abbreviation ➜ 玉代
• king (of the junior player) - abbreviation - Shōgi term ➜ 玉将

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to drift; to float
• to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air
• to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood)
• to wander; to walk around aimlessly
• to be unsteady; to be unstable - archaism
• to falter; to flinch; to wince - archaism
• to live in unreliable circumstances - archaism