noun:

• worthiness as an opponent or challenge

~の noun / noun:

• beautiful (as if adorned with jewels) - archaism

noun:

• indigo wax shaped as an inkstick ➜ 藍蝋

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• according to plan; as planned

expression:

• (doing) as one is told

expression:

• to date; as of now - usu. used in superlative clauses together with 一番, 最も, 最悪, etc. ➜ 今までで【いままでで】

adverb / ~と adverb:

• completely; entirely - onomatopoeia ➜ けろり
• nonchalantly; as if nothing happened - onomatopoeia ➜ けろり

noun:

• ancestor worshipped as a deity

adverb:

• naturally; as a matter of course

expression:

• on the left as one faces (it)

noun:

• Economic Planning Agency (defunct as of 2001) - abbreviation ➜ 経済企画庁【けいざいきかくちょう】

noun:

• Economic Planning Agency (defunct as of 2001) ➜ 内閣府

noun:

• sale of goods (as opposed to services) - abbreviation ➜ 物流販売

adjectival noun / noun:

• maniac (as in rabid sport fan); enthusiast

noun:

• high blood pressure (as an illness); hypertension

adjectival noun / noun:

• freely; right and left; as one pleases - four character idiom

noun:

• childlike mind; judgment as a child (judgement)

noun:

• (one acting as a) foster parent

adverb:

• (simply) because; on account of
• as if

noun:

• two-story basement (as in department stores)

noun / ~する noun:

• clear vision; resignation (as in reconciling oneself)

adverb:

• helplessly; reluctantly; as a last resort

noun / ~する noun:

• using one's arms as a pillow

noun / ~する noun:

• using one's elbows as a pillow

noun:

• democracy (as propounded by Sun Yat-sen)