expression:

• by mere chance; by some chance; somehow or other; in some way

noun / ~する noun:

• death by physical trauma; violent death; exogenous death; death by an external cause

conjunction:

• after all; because - colloquialism
• but - colloquialism

particle:

• even
• too; as well; also
• they say; I hear; you mean

noun:

• quasi-synonym (word that has a similar meaning to another, but is not interchangeable) - Linguistics term ➜ 同義語

noun:

• quasi-synonym (word that has a similar meaning to another, but is not interchangeable) - Linguistics term

noun / ~する noun:

• change of colour; changing colours; discoloration

~の noun / noun:

• differently coloured (but otherwise similar)
• different; unusual

noun:

• vegetable-based food (incl. nuts, berries, etc., but excl. all meat and fish) - obscure term ➜ 生臭物

noun:

• waza-ari (in judo, a half-point awarded for good but incomplete execution) - Martial Arts term

noun:

• Forgive me for dispensing with the preliminaries, but I hasten to inform you that... - opening formula of a brief letter

noun:

• contrastive conjunction (but, however, etc.); contradictory conjunction - Linguistics term

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be unwilling but to give in - usu. as 百歩譲って, 百歩譲っても

expression:

• not only ... but (also); as well as ...

noun / ~の noun:

• old and new (thing); old, but unused

adjective:

• ugly but cute; adorably ugly - slang

adjectival noun:

• ugly but cute; adorably ugly - slang

expression:

• condemn the offense, but not the offender - proverb ➜ その罪を憎んでその人を憎まず

noun:

• sole sword; unarmed but for a sword

expression:

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

adjective:

• ugly but cute; adorably ugly - colloquialism

expression / adjective:

• hard on others but easy on oneself

adjectival noun / noun / ~の noun:

• in name but not in reality - four character idiom

conjunction:

• not only ... but also; also

noun:

• able to criticize but not to create (criticise) - four character idiom

expression / adjective:

• can do nothing but (do); cannot help (doing) something

godan ~る verb:

• to go by; to cross; to pass by; to float across