expression / godan -いく／-ゆく verb (spec.):

• to be adopted; to enter a family as an adopted child

noun / ~する noun:

• setting oneself free from the life of a white-collar worker; quitting a job as a salaryman and launching an independent business ➜ サラ

expression / adverb / ~の noun:

• all; as much as possible

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】

expression:

• I agree with you; it is as (someone) says - honorific language ➜ 言う通り

expression:

• any number of people; as many people as one likes

expression:

• it is so; it is as such - archaism

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to become a geisha; to work as a geisha - archaism

noun:

• Kyoto Gozan; the five most important Rinzai temples of Kyoto, as well as Nanzen-ji

noun:

• pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9) as three chows - Mahjong term

noun:

• dyeing of degummed silk; dyeing of raw silk at the same time as degumming

noun:

• a gentle spirit is more important than looks; handsome is as handsome does

noun:

• territorial island; island regarded as attached to a country

noun / ~する noun:

• (endlessly) doting (on someone); (constantly) petting (somebody) as if they were a pet - idiom

adverb / noun:

• (sound) of clashing swords; (arguing) as fiercely as clashing and blocking swords - four character idiom

expression:

• now that; since; so long as; because

noun:

• being out of consideration; effectively not existing as an option - colloquialism ➜ 眼中にない

noun:

• lint (as in a clothes dryer or a pocket); waste thread; fibers, such as might wrap around the gears in small mechanisms and cause them to jam; fluff ➜ 綿ぼこり

expression:

• when one door is shut, another is open; the world is as kind as it is cruel - proverb

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to refer to; to use as reference ➜ 参考

expression:

• in accordance with plans; just as planned

noun:

• visiting soldiers at the front to provide comfort; visit to (gift for) persons hard at work as a sign of support - four character idiom

noun:

• O-ring; loop of elastomer used as a gasket

adverb:

• like others; as much as anyone else

noun:

• impoverishment of farmers because of a bumper harvest; decline in farmers' income caused by the sharply lower farm prices as a result of bumper harvests - four character idiom