expression:

• it is not as such; it does not seem as such - archaism
• it should not be as such

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• vacant and unthinking
• something that should be there is not

expression:

• goes without saying; needn't be said ➜ 言わずもがな
• should rather be left unsaid

expression / noun:

• something that goes without saying; something that needn't be said
• something that should rather be left unsaid

expression:

• start with the first step; when embarking on a great project, start with immediate steps ➜ 隗より始めよ
• he who first suggests it should be the first to do it ➜ 隗より始めよ

adjectival noun / noun:

• serious; not joking; straight - colloquialism - abbreviation ➜ 真面目【まじめ】

auxiliary verb:

• cannot; should not; will not; must not ［まじ］ ➜ まい

noun:

• crime of conscience
• premeditated crime; act carried out while knowing that it should not be - originally considered an incorrect usage - colloquialism

noun:

• thing; object; article; stuff; substance
• one's things; possessions; property; belongings - as 〜のもの, 〜のもん
• things; something; anything; everything; nothing
• quality
• reason; the way of things
• used to emphasize emotion, judgment, etc.; used to indicate a common occurrence in the past (after a verb in past tense); used to indicate a general tendency; used to indicate something that should happen - formal noun often used as 〜ものだ - usually written using kana alone

suffix noun:

• item classified as ...; item related to ...; work of ...
• cause of ...; cause for ...

prefix:

• somehow; somewhat; for some reason ［もの］ ➜ 物寂しい【ものさびしい】
• really; truly ［もの］ ➜ 物珍しい【ものめずらしい】