noun:

• "multilayer" train; single train formed by joining one or more trains having a different origin or destination

expression:

• after many twists and turns; after much trouble

expression / adjectival noun / adverb:

• what kind; what sort; how; in what way - Kansai dialect ➜ どんな・如何【どう】・どの様に【どのように】

noun:

• nine gates; winning hand consisting of one pung of 1s, one pung of 9s and one tile each of every other number, plus one more suited tile, all in the same suit - Mahjong term - From English "chi"

adverb / ~と adverb:

• gradually; by degrees; little by little; more and more; increasingly

noun:

• steps; stairs; staircase; terrace

~の noun / adjectival noun / noun / adverbial noun:

• a lot; lots; plenty; many; a large number; much; a great deal; a good deal
• enough; sufficient

suffix noun:

• enough; too many; too much - after a noun; usu. read as だくさん ➜ 沢山【だくさん】

particle:

• only; just; merely; simply; no more than; nothing but; alone ➜ しか
• as (e.g. as soon as, as much as)
• worth - e.g. ...だけの

noun:

• knack; skill; trick; secret; know-how; the ropes; hang

conjunction:

• or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean - colloquialism ➜ と言うか

adverb:

• further; farther; furthermore; all the more; even more

adjectival noun:

• loveable; very likeable; like very much

adverb:

• to that degree; to that extent; that much

adverb:

• roughly; approximately; round about; more or less - onomatopoeia
• cursorily; briefly; quickly; lightly; roughly - onomatopoeia

noun or verb acting prenominally / adverb:

• only; merely; but; no more than

adverb:

• at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much (far) as possible

noun:

• details; particulars; whole story; sequence of events; chronology; circumstances; how it started; how things got this way ［いきさつ・けいい］
• longitude and latitude ［けいい］
• warp and weft; warp and woof ［けいい・たてぬき・たてよこ］ - orig. meaning of けいい ➜ 縦横【たてよこ】

adverb / conjunction:

• not so; not particularly; not very; not that much

noun:

• purpose for which money is spent; the way money is spent; how goods are used

noun:

• exaggeration; overstatement; saying too much
• misstatement; slip of the tongue; gaffe

particle:

• only; merely; nothing but; no more than
• approximately; about
• just (finished, etc.) - after the -ta form of a verb
• as if to; (as though) about to - after an attributive form or auxiliary verb ぬ(ん), also often …とばかり(に) ➜ 言わんばかり【いわんばかり】
• indicates emphasis - in the form …とばかり or …とばかりに
• always; constantly

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to be sluggish (business); to make little progress; to not grow as much as expected

expression:

• thank you; many thanks; much appreciated
• that's enough for today

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to be moderate in; to be temperate in; to not do too much of
• to refrain (from doing); to withhold (an announcement, comment, etc.)

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be beside; to be close by

noun / ~の noun:

• veteran; (someone) schooled by adversity in many battles; (someone) rich in life's experience gained through much adversity - four character idiom

noun:

• light eating; spare diet; not eating much