expression:

• as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate

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:

• starting something in the eleventh hour; have not thy cloak to make when it begins to rain; don't lock the stable door after the horse has been stolen; braiding the rope only after the thief is caught - proverb ➜ 泥縄【どろなわ】・泥縄式【どろなわしき】

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)

conjunction:

• if so; if it be so; in that case; then ➜ 然らば【さらば】

expression:

• Oh yeah; Of course it is so; Cheer up, that's average; It happens; It's possible; Don't worry, it happens

expression:

• hold on; go for it; keep at it; do your best ➜ 頑張る

expression:

• but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess - usu. sentence end, expressing supposition

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to spend (money) like water; to spend (money) like it grows on trees; to throw around (one's money); to play ducks and drakes with

adverb:

• so to speak; so to call it; as it were

adverb / ~の noun / noun:

• without change; as it is; as it was

~の noun / noun:

• just like; extremely similar

adverb:

• immediately; just after; without a pause

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign; to give up ➜ 止める【やめる】

expression / adjective:

• (phrase) sure; no mistaking it; for certain

adjectival noun / adverb / noun:

• the truth; fact; as it is; as you are; frank; bare plain

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to finish; to get it over with; to conclude
• to settle; to pay back
• to get along (without something); to make do with (without) - often with で ➜ なしで済ます

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to persevere; to persist; to keep at it; to hang on; to hold out; to do one's best
• to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion)
• to remain in a place; to stick to one's post; to refuse to budge

adverb:

• as if; as it were; as though - usu. as あたかものようだ, あたかものごとし, etc.
• right then; just then; at that moment

expression:

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

expression:

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

expression:

• that's enough!; cut it out!; get a life! ➜ いい加減にしなさい

expression:

• by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance

expression:

• if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so

expression:

• there is no God!; it's a cruel world; there is no god or Buddha [literal] - idiom

expression:

• that's not a nice thing to say; that's not a nice way of putting it; there was no need to say that

interjection:

• no; quit it; no way - Kansai dialect ➜ 嫌・や