expression:

• people don't know themselves as well as they know others; even if you know what will happen to others, you don't know what will happen to yourself; a fortune teller can't tell their own future [literal] - proverb

noun:

• ceremony
• matter; affair

suffix:

• with regard to; as for; as concerns - used after a person's name, a personal pronoun, etc. in epistolary style

particle:

• (after imperative form of a verb) as if to say; as though

adverb:

• just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that - after past tense of verb

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:

• as far as ... is concerned; so far as ... can tell ➜ 関する

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (in) - usu. 勤める
• to serve (as); to act (as); to fill (the position of); to play the role (of) - usu. 務める
• to conduct a religious service - usu. 勤める

~する verb (spec.) / intransitive verb:

• to be equal to; to be as good as; to be a match for; to rival

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to buy - humble language ➜ 貰う
• to eat; to drink - humble language - polite language
• to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head); to have (on top) - orig. meaning
• to have (as one's leader); to live under (a ruler); to install (a president)

auxiliary verb / godan ~く verb:

• to get somebody to do something - follows a verb in "-te" form - humble language ➜ 貰う【もらう】

conjunction:

• (if you want to do something) you might as well

godan ~る verb:

• to sing energetically; to sing with abandon ➜ 捲る【まくる】

expression:

• a curse will rebound on yourself as well; curses, like chickens, come home to roost - proverb

particle:

• while; during; as
• while; although; though; despite; in spite of; notwithstanding ➜ 我ながら
• all; both ➜ 二つながら
• as (e.g. "as always", "as long ago"); in (e.g. "in tears")

noun:

• woman so glamorous as to bring ruin to a country (castle) as its king (lord) is captivated by her beauty; femme fatale - four character idiom ➜ 傾城傾国

noun:

• woman so glamorous as to bring ruin to a country (castle) as its king (lord) is captivated by her beauty; femme fatale - four character idiom ➜ 傾国傾城

noun:

• woman so glamorous as to bring ruin to a country (castle) as its king (lord) is captivated by her beauty; femme fatale - four character idiom ➜ 傾城傾国【けいせいけいこく】

expression:

• might as well

conjunction:

• as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

conjunction:

• as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.) ➜ に連れて

noun:

• existence (as we perceive it) is as mutable and incorporeal as is the morning dew or a flash of lightning - obscure term - four character idiom - Buddhism term

noun:

• propensity to put oneself in as bad a light as possible; being prone to act bad - four character idiom

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse for doing something

expression / ichidan verb:

• to enlist as a supporter; to win over to one's side; to gain as one's ally

godan ~ぶ verb / transitive:

• to make (a promise); to conclude (a contract)
• to act as a go-between; to act as mediator
• to curry favour with - usu. as ご機嫌を取り結ぶ

expression / ichidan verb:

• to do as one wishes; to suit one's convenience
• to happen as one expects