Meanings
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Word usually written using kana alone; Adverb (fukushi)
as (it is); remaining (in a state); keeping (the same); leaving (unchanged)
Word usually written using kana alone; Adverb (fukushi); After a past-tense verb describing a state
with (e.g. one's eyes closed, the light on); while (e.g. standing, alive); as
Word usually written using kana alone; As 〜に
as (one pleases, one is told, etc.); according to
ママ only; Indicating that the quoted matter has been transcribed exactly as found in the source text
sic
Adverb (fukushi); Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'; Common noun
without change; as is
Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'; Common noun
just like; extremely similar
Adverb (fukushi)
immediately; just after; without a pause
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
as (one pleases, one is told, etc.); wherever (e.g. one's feet take one); according to
Word usually written using kana alone
selfish; egoist
Archaic
self-indulgent; wilful; willful
as it is; plain (truth); bare; undisguised; unvarnished; unexaggerated; honest; true; frank; candid
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
at will
willful; wilful; selfish; self-centered; egoistic
carefree; do-as-you-please; freewheeling; free spirited
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