expression:

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

expression:

• consequently; as a result

noun:

• skipping grades; the act of entering a new school as a non-first-year student

conjunction:

• nevertheless; even then; however; be that as it may; even so; though that it be so ➜ 然れど【されど】

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to love one's child too much for their own good; to love one's daughter so much as to make her a nun [literal] - obscure term

noun / ~する noun:

• starting to work in a shop; joining a shop as an employee
• going inside a shop
• opening up a shop (in a building, etc.)

noun:

• the five regent houses; five families of the Fujiwara clan (Konoe, Kujo, Nijo, Ichijo, and Takatsukasa) entrusted as imperial regents and advisors starting in the Kamakura period ➜ 摂関

expression / noun:

• voice acting; appearing in a movie, TV show, etc. as a voice actor ➜ 出演

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• all nature being bleak and desolate; scene looking desolate and forlorn as far as the eye can see - four character idiom

~する verb (spec.) / transitive:

• to regard (as); to recognize (as); to see as; to consider
• to pay attention to; to watch

noun:

• mind-made body; body as born out of a certain kind of intent or mindfulness - Buddhism term

expression:

• Matter and mind are one; body and mind as one - four character idiom

noun:

• deism; belief in God as creator of universe

expression:

• to date; as of now - usu. used in superlative clauses together with 一番, 最も, 最悪, etc.

conjunction:

• now that; since; as long as; provided that

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• all nature being bleak and desolate; scene looking desolate and forlorn as far as the eye can see - four character idiom

expression / ~よい adjective:

• had better ...; may as well ...

noun:

• phosphorescent lights seen at sea at night; lights that can be seen on the altar of gods, intended as an offering

expression:

• if you ask me ...; as for ... ➜ どちらかと言うと

noun:

• Odontaspididae; family of four species in two genera of lamniform sand sharks, also known as sand tiger sharks or ragged tooth sharks

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• according to plan; as planned

noun:

• kidney grille; two-section rounded radiator grill, as used on BMW vehicles

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to compare unfavorably (unfavourably, poorly) with; to be not so good as

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to make merry and forget one's troubles; to do as one pleases - colloquialism

noun:

• spring flowers and the autumn moon; beauty of nature as it changes from season to season - four character idiom