expression:

• as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction ➜ 思い通り

adverb:

• straight (from one place to another); going right onto; on the way; simultaneously; incidentally; directly; at once

adjectival noun:

• my style; my way; my opinion - often わたし的には ➜ 私的【してき】

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

noun:

• simple on-off switch; one-way switch (UK); two-way switch (US) ➜ 片切スイッチ【かたぎりスイッチ】

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 ➜ 言うに事欠いて【いうにことかいて】

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to turn (something) over ➜ 裏返す
• to look at it from another perspective - usu. as 裏を返せば
• to visit the same prostitute or geisha for a second time

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to yield; to give way to; to make way for

expression:

• in a sense; in some way; to an extent

noun:

• sencha tea ceremony; Way of Sencha Tea; Chinese-influenced Japanese tea ceremony using leaf tea rather than powdered tea, assoc. with the Ōbaku school of zen ➜ 煎茶【せんちゃ】・黄檗宗【おうばくしゅう】

expression:

• like this; in this way; as you see

expression:

• have no options left; have no other way; have no alternative means ➜ 他に方法はない【ほかにほうほうはない】

expression:

• have no options left; have no other way; have no alternative means ➜ 他に方法がない【ほかにほうほうがない】

adverb:

• in this manner; in this way; like this

noun:

• access lanes (e.g. on a freeway); service road; bypass

noun:

• taste for the exotic; infatuation with a foreign way of life; exoticism - four character idiom

noun:

• Onmyōdō; way of Yin and Yang; occult divination system based on the Taoist theory of the five elements

noun / ~する noun:

• change in mentality; changing one's way of thinking; adjusting psychologically to shifting circumstances - four character idiom

noun:

• unusual clothing; strange way of dressing up; prohibited form of dress

noun / ~する noun:

• radical change in mentality; radically changing one's way of thinking; radical change in consciousness - four character idiom

expression:

• how; in what way; by what means ➜ 如何して【どうして】

adverb / expression:

• as you please; in any way you like; as you wish

noun:

• persuasion by tears; using tears to get one's way; sob story ➜ 泣き落とす

noun:

• parting of the ways; the way to hades; one's way after the parting

noun:

• roller conveyor; roller way; roller path